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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 Baby CJ (Minor) [2025] KEHC 10468 (KLR)
Adoption cause concerning Baby CJ (Minor) before the High Court at Nairobi. The judgment notes the matter was still being processed and focuses on statutory adoption requirements and the child’s best interests.
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.
Odhiambo v Bunde [2025] KEHC 10332 (KLR)
High Court family appeal on child maintenance and custody dismissed after the court upheld a monthly maintenance order and found no basis to interfere.
MST v LNK [2025] KEHC 10285 (KLR)
The High Court declined to stay a Children’s Court order releasing part of the appellant’s pension for the children’s education, finding no basis to suspend maintenance.
TMM (Suing as father and next friend of the Minors TMM & TKM) v FGK [2025] KEHC 10577 (KLR)
The High Court declined interim orders for equal parental contribution to minors’ education costs, remitting the matter to the trial court for reassessment after changed circumstances.
In re Baby M aka Abandoned Baby Child (A Child) [2025] KEHC 10160 (KLR)
The court found that Baby M aka Abandoned Baby Child was abandoned shortly after birth, with the biological parents' whereabouts unknown, and that all reasonable efforts to trace them had failed. The child was declared free for adoption by a registered adoption society, and all statutory reports recommended the adoption. The applicants met all legal requirements, including age, residency, and suitability, and had demonstrated the ability to provide a stable, loving home. The court held that the best interests of the child would be served by granting the adoption, dispensing with parental cons…
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