George J. Borteh
7 November 2008
An Australian national serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) assigned with the Supply Section of the multinational force has been ordered arrested by the Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice.
According to the Writ of Arrest issued by the court yesterday, Rudolph Jaalingo Lulle Turi, a Sudanese naturalized Australian, was ordered arrested for his refusal to support his four-month old girl child.
The court said the refusal of the defendant to support his child is totally against the laws of Liberia and also in violation of Section 16.5 of the New Penal Law of Liberia, but it did not say what the penalty is when one is found guilty.
It is said that the defendant and the mother of the child, Lindia Togba have been in relationship reportedly for the past one year.
Information gathered by this paper has revealed that the defendant was earlier arrested by the Liberia National Police (LNP) and detained following a tip-off that he (Mr. Tiri) was leaving the country.
According to our information, he was later released from further detention by the LNP after he felt ill in the cell. He was taken to a nearby hospital to receive medical treatment.
However, there are indications that defendant Tiri is expected to appear at the Monrovia City Court to answer to the charge levied against him by his fiancé madam Lindia Togba.
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"In all fairness," why should the laws of the territory of Liberia conform, ape, or whatever the laws of the United States of America? On this one Liberia wins, hands down: you sire the baby, you feed the baby, period and out.
Or, do you contend that the jurisprudence of the USa is universal jurisprudence, to be copied by its "others" in Africa and elsewhere: the subalterns of that amoebic concept called "the Western World"?
Do you know that, a long time ago, "America" was considered the land of nihilism by John Locke and other philosophic ideologues… [Read Full Text]
I don't know whether to laugh or cry; UNMil baby and child support.
It sounds very funny. Liberia exercising child support's law? Is that happening to every Liberian living in Liberia or just foreigners living in Liberia?
Why the evasive disjunction? Perhaps, BOTH; if not now, then SEASONABLY.
Referencing the one who does not know whether to laugh or cry: both, I say. These affects are not disjunctive, as attested in the experiences that are unprintable in this site.
When African fathers start feeding their babies, then the dependency of SOME AFRICAN TERRITORIES on 'Western aid' will abate, perhaps.
MEANWHILE, I SAY SEND THE DUDE TO THE SLAMMER.
Before a family court orders a father named to pay child support for a child born out of wedlock, DNA should be administered to establish whether he is the biological father of that child or not. If he is the father, it is his responsibility to pay child suport.
However, the above mentioned has not be established, and the Monrovia City Court is ordering him to pay child support, that is not fair to Jaalingo Lulle Turi. In case, he is paying child support, and is being established that he is not the father of… [Read Full Text]
This ain't no church or refuge for believers in the unseen. Where is your evidence that a DNA test to establish paternity was not administered by the prosecutorial authoritites?
Or, do you attribute phenomenal professional incompetence to the Monrovia City Court? All the same, produce YOUR evidence!
Good Luck!
In all fairness, even in the western world, you do not just grab a man and throw him in prison for child support.
There are many other ways of getting the guy to support his child.
1. the amount in question can come directly from his pay check on a monthly basis and pay to the mother through either his office or the government.
2. Or there could be a plan where he pays the amount to his supervisor or superior officer, and remitted therefrom to the mother with appropriate receipt issued.
3. Discuss the issue throughly… [Read Full Text]