AN EXAMINATION OF ISSUES IN INDEPENDENT ACTION FOR MAINTENANCE UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS IN NIGERIA
By Irabor Romanus Okwuoimose Abstract This paper critically examines the issues surrounding independent actions for maintenance under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 (MCA 1970). The paper is motivated by the persistent ambiguity in section 70 of the Act, which empowers courts to make maintenance orders but fails to indicate whether such proceedings may be instituted […]