Validity of legal adoption

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• REMILEKUN OLAIYA V. CORNELIA T. OLAIYA & ORS (2002)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  10 May 2002

  A detailed case summary discussing the Supreme Court decision on adoption and inheritance rights in Remilekun Olaiya v. Cornelia T. Olaiya, Central to family, p

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