in Germany insisted that the child’s birth certificate reflect Schulze as her father, which would entitle her to German citizenship and place her as a direct descendant of the Schulze family and heiress to the estate.
attorney Sihle Mdludla, secured a court order directing home affairs to amend her birth certificate within three days.In the contempt application, which will be heard on Tuesday, the mother said when the order was taken in November, the department was represented by counsel, briefed by the state attorney's office, who did not formally oppose the application and were given a copy of the order.
While the German court had been “gracious”, it now required that the documents be filed before August 24 this year “after which the court will finalise the matter with or without the documentation”.