[2018] KEHC 6508 (KLR)
The court found that the applicants had complied with all statutory requirements under the Children Act, 2001, including being declared suitable by the Child Welfare Society of Kenya and the Department of Children's Services. The child was found abandoned, and no biological relatives could be traced. The applicants...
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- Citation
- [2018] KEHC 6508 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: D I K; Applicant: M M K
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nakuru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Adoption Cause 1 of 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Adoption Cause / Judgment
- Outcome
- adoption granted
- Judges
- AG Ndung'u
- Legal Topics
- Adoption Procedure, Child Welfare, Parental Rights
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
D I K
Applicant
M M K
Applicant
Procedural Posture
Adoption Cause / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicants meet the legal requirements to adopt the minor.
- 2 Whether the adoption is in the best interests of the child.
- 3 Whether due process under the Children Act has been followed.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicants had complied with all statutory requirements under the Children Act, 2001, including being declared suitable by the Child Welfare Society of Kenya and the Department of Children's Services. The child was found abandoned, and no biological relatives could be traced. The applicants demonstrated financial stability, a stable marriage, and a genuine desire to provide a home for the child. The adoption was deemed to be in the best interests of the child, and all procedural safeguards were observed. Accordingly, the court authorized the adoption, appointed a legal guardian, and directed the necessary administrative actions to formalize the child's new legal...
Court Disposition
adoption granted
Orders
- The applicants are authorized to adopt BABY G P to be known as G M I.
- A W M is appointed legal guardian of the minor.
Full Case Text
Judgment text and source record
35 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT NAKURU
ADOPTION CAUSE NUMBER 1 OF 2017
IN THE MATTER OF BABY G P A.K.A.
G M I........................................INFANT
AND
D I K
M M K..........................APPLICANTS
JUDGMENT
The Application is brought by way of Originating Summons and is dated the 17th February, 2017. The Applicants D I K and M M K duly represented by Karen Wanderi & Company Advocates seek the following orders:
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5. THAT the Applicants be authorized to adopt BABY G P to be known as G M I.
6. THAT A W M of Post Office Box 251, NAKURU in the Republic of Kenya be appointed Legal Guardian of the minor.
7. THAT it is directed that the Registrar General shall make in the Adopted Children Register an entry recording the adoption in accordance with the particulars set out in Schedule to this order.
8. THAT the Registrar of Births and Deaths be and is hereby directed to issue the child with a certificate of birth in the name of G M I.
The Applicants are husband and wife. Apart from farming for their daily upkeep, D I K is a mason and M M K does knitting. They reside in Ndimu. They have known each other since 1985. On the 20th November, 2013 their marriage was solemnized at the Registrars office, Nakuru District under the Marriage Act (Cap 150) where they were issued with a Certificate of Marriage serial No. [particulars witheeld].
They have a biological son of their own who has since grown to adulthood. Due to health complications they are unable to parent another child naturally hence the desire to adopt baby G P a.k.a. G MI .
BabyG P a.k.a. G M I was presumably born in 28th March, 2016. He was found abandoned in a carton box within Kware area on 28th March, 2016. He was rescued by members of the public who took her to Ongata Rongai Police Station. The matter was recorded at Nakuru Police Station vide OB No. 5[particulars witheld]. Baby G Pa.k.a. G M I was later taken to Mahali Pa Maisha Children Home in Kitengela for further care and protection. On 5th of July, 2016 Baby G Pa.k.a. G M I was officially committed to the same institution as a child in need of care and protection vide Kajiado Children's Court P & C Case Number 11 of 2016.
By a letter dated 29th September, 2016, the Ongata Rongai Police Station asserted that the parents or relatives of the child cannot be traced and none appeared to claim the child.
On the 27th June, 2017 the Court ordered the Department of Children's Services, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services Affairs, Nakuru County to investigate the Applicants' suitability to adopt Baby G Pa.k.a. G M I.OneA W Mof P. O. Box 251, NAKURU was appointed as Guardian Ad Litemof babyG P a.k.a. G M I.
The Child Welfare Society of Kenya on home visit filed a favourable report dated 31st January, 2017 on the suitability of the Applicants to adopt baby G Pa.k.a. G M I.On 5th October, 2016 the Child Welfare Adoption Case Committee in its sitting issued a Certificate Declaring a Child Free for Adoption Serial Number [particulars withheld] pursuant to Section 156(1) of the Children's Act 2001.
Mwambi Mongare, the County Children's Coordinator, Nakuru after conducting investigations by visiting and interrogating the Applicants filed a favourable report in Court dated 5th September, 2017 on the Applicants' suitability to adopt Baby G Pa.k.a. G M I.
Upon reading the above report and satisfying myself that all the legal requirements have been adhered to, this Court is satisfied that the Applicants are suitable persons to adopt Baby G Pa.k.a. G M Iand that they are also financially stable and have the means to provide and care for him.
For the above reasons, the Court hereby orders as follows:
1. THAT the Applicants be and are hereby authorized to adopt BABY G P to be known as G M I.
2. THAT A W M of Post Office Box 251, NAKURU in the Republic of Kenya be and is hereby appointed Legal Guardian of the minor.
3. THAT the Registrar General do make in the Adopted Children Register an entry recording the adoption in accordance with the particulars set out in Schedule to this order.
4. THAT the Registrar of Births and Deaths be and is hereby directed to issue the child with a certificate of birth in the name of G M I.
Dated and Signed at Kisii this 10th day of May, 2018.
A. K. NDUNG'U
JUDGE