[2017] KEHC 4132 (KLR)
The court found that the applicants had satisfied all legal requirements for adoption under the Children Act, 2001. The child was abandoned and declared free for adoption by the relevant adoption society. Reports from the Department of Children Services and the guardian ad litem confirmed that the applicants are...
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- Citation
- [2017] KEHC 4132 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: G N R; Applicant: E N
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Commercial Courts)
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Adoption Cause 25 of 2016
- Procedural Posture
- Adoption Cause / Judgment
- Outcome
- application for adoption allowed
- Judges
- REA Ougo
- Legal Topics
- Adoption Procedure, Child Welfare, Parental Responsibility
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
G N R
Applicant
E N
Applicant
Procedural Posture
Adoption Cause / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicants have met the legal requirements for adoption under the Children Act.
- 2 Whether the adoption is in the best interests of the child.
- 3 Whether the applicants are fit and proper persons to adopt the child.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicants had satisfied all legal requirements for adoption under the Children Act, 2001. The child was abandoned and declared free for adoption by the relevant adoption society. Reports from the Department of Children Services and the guardian ad litem confirmed that the applicants are responsible, financially stable, and have bonded well with the child. The court determined that the adoption would serve the best interests of the child, providing her with a stable, loving, and supportive family environment. The applicants were therefore authorized to adopt the child, with legal guardians appointed in the event of their incapacity or death. The court also...
Court Disposition
application for adoption allowed
Orders
- The applicants G N R and E N are authorized to adopt Baby C U alias M M.
- The child shall henceforth be called E N R N.
Full Case Text
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23 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
ADOPTION CAUSE NO.25 OF 2016
IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN ACT NUMBER 8 OF 2001
AND
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR ADOPTION OF BABY C U alias M M
G N R…..………………..……............………1ST APPLICANT
AND
E N…………………………………………….2ND APLICANT
JUDGMENT
1. The applicants G N RandE Nare seeking to be authorized to adopt Baby C UaliasM M hereinafter referred to as the child. They also seek that upon making the adoption the child be called E N R N. They also seek thatG O OandE W Obe appointed the legal guardians of the child in the event of death or incapacity of the applicants before he is of full age.
2. The applicants are Kenyans both born in 1971. The applicants got married traditionally but later solemnized their marriage on 15th April 2000. The 1st applicant is a mobile financial service expert in Nairobi while the 2nd applicant is a banker in Nairobi. They are both physically and emotionally fit to parent a child. They have not been charged or convicted with any criminal offence referred to in the Third Schedule of the Children’s Act. They are financially capable of catering to a child’s medical care, education and general upkeep. Their home is comfortable and capable of nurturing a child.
3. The child was found abandoned at Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital compound on 21st July 2014 and she was admitted for general care. His mother is said to have been a psychiatric patient, mentally challenged. He was referred to New Life Home Trust and a place was availed for him. The child was committed to New life Trust for 3 years by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Nanyuki in P&C No. 30 of 2014 and the child was released to the home on 28th August 2014. The child was surrendered for adoption by his grandfather M m and an aunt. The child was declared free for adoption by the Little Angels Network Adoption society on 13th March 2015 and issued with a certificate declaring a child free for adoption no. [particulars withheld]. The child was placed with the applicant on 15th March 2015 and have been under their care since then.
4. The Department of Children Services filed their report on 14th November 2016. The officer observed that the applicants are responsible mature, emotionally and financially capable of providing for the child. The child has bonded well with applicants and his elder siblings. The report recommends the local adoption as the applicants have fulfilled the legal requirements as provided under the Children’s Act. The applicants are capable of taking on parental responsibility as they are socially fit and are financially capable to provide for the needs of the child. So far, the child is doing well under the care of the applicants and the report recommends that the adoption is in the child’s best interest.
5. The guardian ad litem report was filed on 29th September 2016. The guardian ad litem observed that the child is comfortable and happy with the adoptive parents. The child has bonded well with the child. The child is healthy, well fed and is of good health. The adoptive parents are of good character and can take care of the needs of the child. She observed that the adoptive are perfectly capable of raising the child and recommends the adoption.
6. It is evident that the applicants have fulfilled all the legal requirements relating to the adoption of the child. The child was abandoned. This court is satisfied that the applicants are qualified and able to take care of the child. They are financially stable and capable to provide for the upkeep and education of the child. It was evident that in the period that the applicant has had the custody of the child, the child bonded well with her.
7. This court finds that it would be in the best interest of the child to be adopted by the applicants. I allow the application for adoption. The applicants G N R and E Nare hereby allowed to adopt Baby C UaliasM M. He shall henceforth be called E N R N. G O O and E W O shall be the child’s legal Guardian in the event of death or incapacity of the applicants before he is of full age. I direct the Registrar General to enter this order in the adoption register. The child was born in Kenya and is therefore a Kenyan by birth and is entitled all the rights that accrue to Kenyan citizens under the Kenya Constitution 2010 and the Kenya citizenship and Immigration Act. I hereby discharge the Guardian ad litem. It is so ordered.
Dated , signed and delivered this 12THDay of May2017.
R. E. OUGO
JUDGE
In the presence of:
M/s Mweni Nyokabi For the Applicants
…………….….……………………………………………….…..……Court Clerk