Court Slams =N=7 million on Uncles for stopping married woman from inheriting father’s property Located In Imo state
Female inheritance of deceased father’s estate has been given further judicial blessing by the Imo State High Court sitting in Aboh Mbaise. In a judgment recently delivered by Justice Ijeoma Agugua, the court declared that Mrs. Regina Ihemadu (Nee Nwimo) who is the only surviving child of her late father Imo Ebiringa of Amaokpu Umuopara Umuelagwa Onitcha Ezinihitte Mbaise L. G. A. of Imo State is entitled by law to exclusively inherit the estate of her late father. In Suit No. HAM/13/2017 filed by Emperor N. Iwuala of counsel on behalf of the plaintiff, the court also, restrained the woman’s uncles, other relations and their agents from trespassing into the estate with a =N=7 million damages for unlawful trespass. In could be recalled that Mrs. Ihemadu who is now married in Umuosisi Obizi Community in the same Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area brought this suit in the year 2017 against her uncle one Sunday Uwazie and against members of Ebiringa family of Amaokpu Umuopara Umuelagw...