[2018] KEHC 7300 (KLR)
The court found that the applicants had complied with all statutory requirements for adoption, including being declared suitable by the relevant authorities and the child being declared free for adoption. The child was abandoned, and no biological relatives could be traced. The applicants demonstrated financial...
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- Citation
- [2018] KEHC 7300 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: G G M; Applicant: C N G
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nakuru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Adoption Cause 13 of 2016
- 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
G G M
Applicant
C N G
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 for declaring the child free for adoption was followed.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicants had complied with all statutory requirements for adoption, including being declared suitable by the relevant authorities and the child being declared free for adoption. The child was 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 determined to be in the best interests of the child, and all procedural safeguards were observed, including the appointment of a guardian ad litem and the filing of favorable reports by the adoption society and the County Children Coordinator. Accordingly, the court authorized the...
Court Disposition
adoption granted
Orders
- The applicants are authorized to adopt Baby R C to be known as M N G.
- S K G 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 13 OF 2016
IN THE MATTER OF R C a.k.aM N G..........................INFANT
AND
G G M
C N G.........................................................................APPLICANTS
JUDGMENT
The Application is brought by way of Originating Summons and is dated the 17th May, 2016. The Applicants G G Mand C N through their advocate Karen Wanderi & Company Advocates seek the following orders:
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6. THAT the Applicants be authorized to adopt BABY R C to be known as M N G.
7. THAT S K G of Post Office box Number [Particulars Withheld] in the Republic of Kenya be and is hereby appointed Legal Guardian of the minor.
8. THAT the Registrar General do make in the Adopted Children Register an entry recording the adoption in accordance with the particulars set out in the Schedule to this order.
9. THAT the Registrar of Births and Deaths be and is hereby directed to issue the child with a certificate of birth in the name ofM N G.
The Applicants G G Mand C N Gare husband and wife. G G Mis a self employed carpenter while the wife C N Gis a nurse. The couple resides in [Particulars Withheld]. They got married in the year 1995 under the Kikuyu Customary Law and later had their marriage solemnized under the African Christian Marriage and Divorce Act (CAP 151) in Nakuru District in the year 2010 where they were issued with a Certificate of Marriage serial No. [Particulars Withheld].
The Applicants have two biological children but due to medical conditions of the adoptive mother she was advised not to conceive again hence the desire to adopt baby R C a.k.a M N G.
Baby R C a.k.a M N G was presumably born on 20th May, 2011. She was found abandoned in Kitale Town on the 28th April, 2014 by Child Rescue Kenya. The matter was reported at Kitale Police Station on the 13th February, 2015 vide OB. No. [Particulars Withheld]. Baby R C a.k.a M N G was later taken to Birunda Rescue Centre. On 12/3/2015 Baby R C a.k.a M N Gwas officially committed to Thomas Barnardo House as a child in need of care and protection vide Kitale Children's Court P & C Case Number 36 of 2015.
On the 28th March 2017, the Court ordered the Department of Children's Services, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services Affairs, Nakuru County to conduct investigations as to the suitability of the applicants to adopt Baby R C a.k.a M N G . OneS K Gof [Particulars Withheld] was also appointed as Guardian Ad Litemof babyBaby RC a.k.a M N G.
By a letter dated 7 September 2015, the Kitale Police Station asserted that the parents or relatives of the child cannot be traced and none appeared to claim the child.
The Kenya Children's Homes Adoption Society upon home visit at the Applicants Residence in Molo on 11th April, 2014 filed a favourable report dated 25th April, 2016 on the suitability of the Applicants to adopt baby R C a.k.a M N G. On 13th October, 2015 the Change Trust Case Committee in its sitting issued a Certificate of Declaring a Child Free for Adoption Serial Number [Particulars Withheld].
The County Children Coordinator after conducting investigations by visiting and interrogating the Applicants filed a favourable report in Court dated 29th September, 2017 on the Applicants' suitability to adopt Baby RCa.k.a M N G.
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 R C a.k.a M N Gand 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 R C to be known as M N G.
2. THAT SKG of Post Office Box Number, [Particulars Withheld] in the Republic of Kenya be and is hereby appointed Legal Guardian to 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 the 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 MNG.
Dated and Signed at Nakuru this 18th day of April, 2018.
A. K. NDUNG'U
JUDGE