CHILDREN’S PROTECTION AND ADOPTION ACT (as amended at 01 December 2002) (i) a step-parent shall not be obliged to maintain a step-child which is being adequately maintained by its natural parents; (ii) the obligation of a step-parent to maintain his step-child shall cease— (a) if the mother of his step-child has deserted him and removed the step-child from his custody; or (b) if in the event of divorce or judicial separation there is no order of maintenance made in favour of his step-child. 84 Detention of juvenile (1) A child or young person who is charged with an offence shall not before conviction be detained in a prison or police cell or lock-up unless his detention is necessary and no suitable remand home is conveniently available for his detention. (2) In deciding the suitability of any place for the detention of a person mentioned in subsection (1), regard may be had to the nature of the offence with which he is charged and to his age, sex, race and character. (3) ...71 85 [Convictions may be questioned on juvenile removed to South Africa] ...72 86 Financial support from public funds to certain institutions (1) The Minister, with the approval of the Minister responsible for finance, may, out of money appropriated for the purpose by Act of Parliament, make grants-in-aid— (a) to any local authority, certified institution or institution or any association of persons working in Zimbabwe for the protection, care and control of children and young persons;73 (b) towards the maintenance in any certified institution or institution of any child or young person placed therein in terms of this Act or any other enactment; (c) towards the maintenance— (i) of any child or young person by his parent, step-parent or guardian or the person with whom he has been placed in terms of this Act or any other enactment; or (ii) of a parent, step-parent or guardian of any child or young person; or (iii) of a grandparent or brother or unmarried sister of any child or young person with whom he has been placed in terms of this Act or any other enactment. (2) A local authority may out of its funds make grants-in-aid to any association of persons working in its area for the protection, care and control of children and young persons. 87 Notice of certain proceedings to be given to High Court (1) Whenever summons is issued in connection with proceedings for divorce or judicial separation between the mother and the father of a child or a young person in respect of whom an order in terms of section twenty or an application such as is referred to in subsection (2) or (3) of section 5 of the Guardianship of Minors Act [Chapter 5:08] was made, the plaintiff shall, on issuing summons, lodge with the registrar of the High Court a notice to the effect that such order or application was made and if the plaintiff has failed to lodge such notice the defendant shall, within the period allowed for entry of appearance, lodge the said notice. (2) 74 Any plaintiff or defendant who fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) shall, unless he proves he was unaware of such order or application, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month or to both such fine and such imprisonment. (3) Whenever notice has been lodged in terms of subsection (1), the registrar shall obtain from the clerk of the children's court concerned a copy of the record relating to such order or application, together with the reasons in writing of the officer who presided over the children's court why he made the order or granted or refused the application, and shall lay such record and reasons before the High Court. 44