Girl, 16, sues mother
13 February 2008, 11:23
By Staff Reporter
A Kuils River teenager is taking her mother to the Johannesburg High Court, seeking permission to marry her 23-year-old boyfriend, who is facing charges of statutory rape and fraud.
The girl ran away from home, with her four-month-old baby, to live with her boyfriend - the child's father - in a caravan park in Gauteng.
The 16-year-old, who may not be identified as she is a minor, is also applying for an interdict against her mother.
The application, with supporting affidavits, asks that the court order the mother to stop "harassing, threatening, interfering or intimidating" her daughter and the boyfriend.
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The boyfriend is facing charges relating to his relationship with the teenager and their disappearance last September.A Kuils River teenager is taking her mother to the Johannesburg High Court, seeking permission to marry her 23-year-old boyfriend, who is facing charges of statutory rape and fraud.
The girl ran away from home, with her four-month-old baby, to live with her boyfriend - the child's father - in a caravan park in Gauteng.
The 16-year-old, who may not be identified as she is a minor, is also applying for an interdict against her mother.
The application, with supporting affidavits, asks that the court order the mother to stop "harassing, threatening, interfering or intimidating" her daughter and the boyfriend.
Although the application is supported by the mother's ex-husband, who has custody of their children, she is determined to prevent her daughter marrying "someone who can't support her".
The mother of three said she did not know why her daughter was resorting to such drastic action and questioned whether, having completed only
Grade 8, she realised the consequences of her allegations.
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