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In re Baby PA [2025] KEHC 10467 (KLR)
The High Court granted a local adoption, finding the applicant met statutory requirements and that the adoption served the child’s best interests.
In re KN (Minor) [2025] KEHC 10404 (KLR)
The court found that the applicants had fulfilled all statutory requirements for local adoption under the Children Act, 2022. The applicants are of appropriate age, have demonstrated financial and social stability, and have bonded with the child. Statutory reports from the Children Officer and Guardian Ad Litem recommended the adoption, and the biological mother consented to the process. The court emphasized that the best interests of the child are paramount, as enshrined in the Constitution and international conventions. The child is presumed a Kenyan citizen by birth. The court was satisfie…
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In re ENN (Baby) [2025] KEHC 10403 (KLR)
The High Court granted a kinship adoption, allowing JNM and JNO to adopt Baby ENN, dispense with the mother’s consent, and appoint INO as legal guardian.
In re Adoption of Baby VMO (Minor) [2025] KEHC 10335 (KLR)
The High Court allowed a kinship adoption by the child’s relatives, finding the statutory requirements met and the adoption in the child’s best interests.
In re NB (The Child) [2025] KEHC 10334 (KLR)
The High Court granted a joint adoption application, authorizing AMM and ANW to adopt Baby NB, now TNM, and making related guardianship and registration orders.
In re Abandoned Child alias Baby B lias Baby B alias Baby B alias BT [2025] KEHC 10086 (KLR)
The court found that the child, having been abandoned at a Kenyan hospital and unclaimed by any biological parent, was eligible for adoption and presumed a Kenyan citizen by birth under Article 14(4) of the Constitution. The applicants met all statutory requirements for adoptive parents, including age, financial stability, and moral character. The child had bonded with the applicants and integrated into their family. The court held that dispensing with parental consent was justified due to the abandonment and inability to trace the biological parents. Guided by the best interests of the child…
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In re Baby MAI (A Child) [2025] KEHC 10075 (KLR)
The court found that MAI, the subject child, met all statutory requirements for adoption: she was above six weeks and below eighteen years, resident in Kenya, and had been declared free for adoption by a registered adoption society. The applicants, AIK and SNK, were found to be within the statutory age bracket, financially stable, of good character, and had fully bonded with the child. The adoption was kinship in nature, as the applicants were relatives of the child, and thus qualified as a domestic adoption. The biological parents had freely and voluntarily consented to the adoption, underst…
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In re Baby G [2025] KEHC 10060 (KLR)
The High Court in Nairobi granted MMW and RMM’s application to adopt Baby G, finding the applicants suitable and the adoption to be in the child’s best interests.
In re Abandoned Baby Boy alias Baby LP (The Child) [2025] KEHC 9975 (KLR)
The High Court approved a joint adoption by a Kenyan and French spouse, found the child eligible and best placed in a stable home, and ordered citizenship-related steps.
In re FA alias FA alias F (The Child) [2025] KEHC 9976 (KLR)
The High Court granted a joint adoption application, found the child eligible for presumption of Kenyan citizenship by birth, and ordered supporting registration and passport relief.
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