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"text": "[1] EO Aniche, Child Rights and Family Law in Nigeria (Malthouse Press 2023) 112.
\r\n[2] John Herring, Family Law (10th edn, Pearson 2022) 420–425.
\r\n[3] Matrimonial Causes Act, s 71; Child Rights Act, s 1.
\r\n[4] Williams v Williams (1987) 2 NWLR (Pt 54) 66; Odusote v Odusote (2012) 3 NWLR (Pt 1288) 478.
\r\n[5] EI Nwogugu, Family Law in Nigeria (Revised edn, HEBN 2014) 320–326.
\r\n[6] Children Act 1989, s 1; Children’s Act 38 of 2005.
\r\n[7] Aniche (n 1) 12.
\r\n[8] United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, art 1.
\r\n[9] ibid, Preamble.
\r\n[10] Child Rights Act 2003, s 277.
\r\n[11] EE Eko, Family Law in Nigeria (Princeton Publishing 2021) 205–210.
\r\n[12] Williams v Williams (1987) 2 NWLR (Pt 54) 66.
\r\n[13] Odusote v Odusote (2012) 3 NWLR (Pt 1288) 478.
\r\n[14] Child Rights Act 2003, s 1.
\r\n[15] Nwogugu (n 5) 201–215.
\r\n[16] Matrimonial Causes Act 2004, ss 15–40.
\r\n[17] MO Ogungbe, Nigerian Family Law (2nd edn, Spectrum Books 2018) 167–172.
\r\n[18] BO Adewumi, ‘Best Interest of the Child in Nigeria’ (2025) 6 OAU Law Journal 32, 40–42.
\r\n[19] Odusote v Odusote (2012) 3 NWLR (Pt 1288) 478.
\r\n[20] EE Eko (n 13) 302–306.
\r\n[21] D Dyzenhaus, ‘The Genealogy of Legal Positivism’ (2004) 24(1) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 39, 45.
\r\n[22] Mir Ahmad Murtiza (ed), Law and Morality: Perspectives on Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism (Taylor & Francis 2026) 32.
\r\n[23] Matrimonial Causes Act 2004, s 71; Child Rights Act s 1.
\r\n[24] J L A Cruz, C V M Cortez, M R V Domínguez and J G A Zamorano, ‘The Theory of Crime as a Methodological Tool for the Analysis of Legal Cases in Mexican Criminal Law’ (2026) 38(1) Sciences of Conservation and Archaeology 1, 4.
\r\n[25] M Duarte, ‘Is a Good Woman Hard to Find?: Conceptions of Victim and Stereotypes in Judicial Intimate Partner Violence Cases’ (2025) 14(28) AG-About Gender: International Journal of Gender Studies 25, 31.
\r\n[26] L M Kohm, ‘Tracing the Foundations of the Best Interest of the Child Standard in American Jurisprudence’ (2008) 10 Journal of Law and Family Studies 337, 346.
\r\n[27] A Adeola, ‘Recalibrating Best Interest of the Child Standard in African Family Law’ (2024) African Journal of Legal Studies 55, 63–68.
\r\n[28] United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child art 3.
\r\n[29] J Tracchegiani and others, ‘Having Already Brought Children into a Burning World: Childhood Experiences of Disorganization and Role Reversal in Primary Caregiving Mothers Who Regret Their Parenthood in the Age of Climate Crisis’ (2026) 187(3) The Journal of Genetic Psychology 1, 12.
\r\n[30] John Herring, Family Law (10th edn, Pearson 2022) 420–450.
\r\n[31] Children Act 1989 s 1(3).
\r\n[32] Children Act 1989 ss 8, 11.
\r\n[33] Children’s Act 38 of 2005.
\r\n[34] Cynthia Godsoe, ‘Racing and Erasing Parental Rights’ (2024) 104 Boston University Law Review 2061, 2075 <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5181870> accessed 5 July 2026.
\r\n[35] Brian Clark (n 8) 233–241.
\r\n[36] Matrimonial Causes Act ss 71–73; Child Rights Act ss 1, 9.
\r\n[37] Obahaya v Obahaya (2022) LPELR-57141 (CA); Akinmosin v Akinmosin (2023) LPELR-61125 (CA).
\r\n[38] S Akpeekon and G Ibiere, ‘Developmental and Psychosocial Outcomes of Children in Institutional Care in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria’ (2025) 1(4) Impact International Journals of Sciences, Education and Arts 631, 638.
\r\n[39] C E Egbo, ‘The Role of Traditional Institutions in the Handling of Conflicts in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State’ (2024) 2(2) Port Harcourt Journal of Society and Environment 63, 68.
\r\n[40] N C Dike and S K Akinbo, ‘The Menace of a Dysfunctional Home and its Implication on the Child’s Mental Stability in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State’ (2025) 3(2) African Journal of Human Kinetics, Recreation and Health Studies 135, 142.
\r\n[41] Akpeekon and Ibiere (n 38).
\r\n[42] GO Akolokwu, Customary Law and Family Relations in the Niger Delta (Port Harcourt Law Press 2019) 144–176.
\r\n[43] N C Ikeh, ‘A Case Study of Lived Experience of the Implementation of Child Rights Act 2003 in Nigeria’ (doctoral thesis, University of Hull 2023) <https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4260904> accessed 3 July 2026.
\r\n[44] E I Herbert and C M Onyegbule, ‘International Law and Rights of Women in Nigeria: A Case Study of Obio-Akpor Rivers State’ (2025) 2(4) RJIP – Journal for Social Sciences 544, 550
\r\n[45] C M Chizaram, ‘Subverting the Hegemony of Biological Parenthood: A Critical Examination of the Intersectionality of Adoption, Identity, and Belonging in Nigeria’ (LLB project, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo 2025) <https://nigerianjournalsonline.org/index.php/FUNAILAWPROJECTS/article/view/2075> accessed 3 July 2026.
\r\n[46] OO Ogunnaike, ‘Gender Equity in Child Custody: A Nigerian Perspective’ (2024) Journal of African Gender Studies 119, 131–139.
\r\n[47] Ibid.
\r\n[48] E Brems and C O Adekoya, ‘Human Rights Enforcement by People Living in Poverty: Access to Justice in Nigeria’ (2010) 54(2) Journal of African Law 258, 270.
\r\n[49] B Owasanoye, ‘The Regulation of Child Custody and Access in Nigeria’ (2005) 39(2) Family Law Quarterly 405, 420.
\r\n[50] B Owasanoye, ‘The Regulation of Child Custody and Access in Nigeria’ (2005) 39(2) Family Law Quarterly 405, 420.
\r\n[51] Ibid.
\r\n[52] M C Ogwezzy, Akintunde Abidemi Adebayo and Alaba Ibironke Kekere, ‘Restorative Justice and Non-Custodial Measures: Panacea to Recidivism and Prison Congestion in Nigeria’ (2016) 7 Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence 69, 73.
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