Kenya Case Law

In re Baby M aka Abandoned Baby Child (A Child)

In re Baby M aka Abandoned Baby Child (A Child) [2025] KEHC 10160 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E005 of 2025

Judge

G Mutai

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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• Adoption Of Children
• Best Interests Of Child
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Citizenship Of Abandoned Child

In re NLK (Minor)

In re NLK (Minor) [2025] KEHC 10068 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E053 of 2025

Judge

H Namisi

The High Court allowed a kinship adoption application, finding the applicants fit to adopt the minor, dispensing with the unknown father’s consent.

• Kinship Adoption
• Best Interests Of Child
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Kinship-adoption
• Best-interests-of-the-child
• Dispensation-of-parental-consent

In re JB aka Abandoned Child Baby R (Baby)

In re JB aka Abandoned Child Baby R (Baby) [2025] KEHC 8335 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E237 of 2024

Judge

PM Nyaundi

The court found that the applicant fulfilled all statutory requirements for local adoption under the Children Act, 2022, including age, capacity, and suitability. The child, abandoned at birth and declared free for adoption, has bonded with the applicant, who is financially and emotionally capable of providing care. Statutory reports from the Children Services and Guardian Ad Litem were positive. The best interests of the child, as mandated by the Constitution and international conventions, were prioritized. The consent of biological parents was lawfully dispensed with due to abandonment. The…

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• Adoption Of Abandoned Child
• Best Interests Of Child
• Appointment Of Legal Guardians
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent

In re TOM (Minor)

In re TOM (Minor) [2025] KEHC 8126 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E261 of 2024

Judge

H Namisi

The High Court granted a kinship adoption order for a child, dispensing with the biological mother’s consent because she could not be traced.

• Adoption Orders
• Kinship Adoption
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Best Interest Of Child
• Adoption-orders
• Kinship-adoption

In re MAM (Minor)

In re MAM (Minor) [2025] KEHC 8143 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E263 of 2024

Judge

H Namisi

The High Court allowed a kinship adoption, dispensed with the missing biological mother’s consent, and authorised the Applicants to adopt the child.

• Adoption Orders
• Kinship Adoption
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption-orders
• Kinship-adoption
• Dispensation-of-parental-consent

In re Adoption of Baby NM (A Chid)

In re Adoption of Baby NM (A Chid) [2025] KEHC 7134 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E006 of 2024

Judge

RM Mwongo

The High Court at Embu allowed an adoption by MMK, dispensed with parental consent for an abandoned child, and ordered the child renamed PMM.

• Adoption Procedure
• Best Interest Of Child
• Eligibility Of Adopters
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption
• Children-act

In re AM (Minor)

In re AM (Minor) [2025] KEHC 8294 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E004 of 2025

Judge

G Mutai

The High Court at Mombasa granted a kinship adoption of AM (Minor) by her mother and stepfather, dispensing with the biological father’s consent.

• Adoption Orders
• Best Interests Of Child
• Kinship Adoption
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption
• Kinship-adoption

In re AA aka JNK (Baby)

In re AA aka JNK (Baby) [2025] KEHC 6325 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E176 of 2024

Judge

PM Nyaundi

The High Court granted a joint adoption application, authorized LKM and FMK to adopt the child, dispensed with parental consent, and appointed legal guardians.

• Adoption Of Children
• Best Interests Of Child
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption
• Best-interests-of-the-child
• Dispensation-of-parental-consent

In re JH (Minor)

In re JH (Minor) [2025] KEHC 6314 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E003 of 2023

Judge

PN Gichohi

The High Court at Nakuru granted an adoption application, authorized FNN and KMN to adopt JH, and declared the child a Kenyan citizen by birth.

• Adoption Of Minors
• Child Citizenship
• Parental Responsibility
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption-of-minors
• Child-citizenship

In re EK (Minor)

In re EK (Minor) [2025] KEHC 5134 (KLR)

Court

High Court

Case number

Adoption Cause E016 of 2023

Judge

RC Rutto

The High Court at Machakos granted a kinship adoption to the child’s maternal aunt, dispensing with parental consent because the mother had died and the father was unknown.

• Adoption Order
• Kinship Adoption
• Best Interests Of Child
• Dispensation Of Parental Consent
• Adoption-order
• Kinship-adoption