title: Customary Law and Primary Courts Amendment Act, 1982.
abstract: Among other things, this Zimbabwe Act amends the principal Act to provide that "a community court shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in customary law, regard 1) the person who, according to customary law, is the husband of a woman as being primarily responsible for the maintenance of that woman during the marriage and, after the dissolution of their marriage, until her remarriage [and] 2) the father of a child as being primarily responsible for the maintenance of that child until the child attains the age of majority."
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D001519:Behavior; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D015030:Zimbabwe
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Child Rearing; Child Support--legal aspects; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Laws And Statutes; Microeconomic Factors; Spousal Support--legal aspects; Zimbabwe