Daughter hauls parents to court over estate

A WOMAN who sued her parents for denying her access to her house she built in Braeside Harare with her late husband lost her case before magistrate Ms Sharon Mashavira yesterday after the court was told the house was rented out to support her two children she had left with her parents for 18 years after she went to South Africa.

After Ms Mashavira found the woman’s application had no merit, her parents left the Civil Court all smiles after they had been cleared of all charges of abusing their daughter and can now continue supporting their grandchildren.

Hazvinei Memory Mutero alleged that her father Nobert Mutero and her mother only identified as Mai Memory were abusing her, and were are denying her access to the house in Braeside she built with her husband.

“I moved to South Africa and upon return they said I should not go and reside at my Braeside home. They forced me to sell my other stand and I bought some sofas for them with the money. They are denying me access to my house and it is my right to stay there,” she said.

But Nobert Mutero had a High Court order that gives him the power to stop Hazvinei from visiting the house and has the power of attorney over how the house is used, an order he obtained because he has been using the property to support his two grandchildren that Hazvinei had left without contributing to their upbringing.

“She moved to South Africa and left her two kids for 18 years and upon return she sold another house in Sanganai after she lied to the deeds office that she lost the title deeds of that house. I went to the court after I found out about that and I was given the order and power of attorney to oversee the property in Braeside.

“When she left us with her children for 18 good years, she never contacted us or ask of her children.