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In re BK (Baby) [2025] KEHC 9706 (KLR)
The High Court granted a local adoption application for an abandoned child after finding the applicants suitable and the adoption to be in the child’s best interests.
In re LZ alias EK [2025] KEHC 9792 (KLR)
The High Court granted JOK’s adoption application for an abandoned child, finding the adoption satisfied statutory requirements and the child’s best interests.
In re Baby PG aka GN [2025] KEHC 4805 (KLR)
The court allowed the adoption and associated orders because the Applicants fulfilled all the legal requirements for local adoption, the child's biological parents could not be found (allowing dispensing with consent), statutory reports from relevant authorities were favorable, and the adoption was found to be in the best interests of the child, consistent with the principles of the Children Act and the Constitution of Kenya.
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In re Baby TNN [2025] KEHC 3165 (KLR)
The High Court granted a kinship adoption, finding the applicants fit and the child’s best interests served by the adoption. The biological father’s consent was dispensed with.
In re Baby PC [2025] KEHC 17283 (KLR)
The High Court granted an adoption application for Baby Paul Celine, finding the child was abandoned, the applicants suitable, and the adoption in the child’s best interests.
In re Baby JM [2025] KEHC 147 (KLR)
The High Court at Kiambu allowed an adoption application, authorizing MWK to adopt Baby JM, now JWN, and appointing a legal guardian.
In re SN (Baby) [2025] KEHC 123 (KLR)
The High Court at Kiambu allowed a kinship adoption, authorizing SNK and FWG to adopt Baby SN, who was to be known as SNN, and appointing guardians.
In re JN (Subject) [2024] KEHC 14869 (KLR)
The High Court appointed the applicant as guardian and manager of an incapacitated subject’s affairs and allowed limited access to his bank account to pay Nairobi Hospital bills.
In re Adoption of Baby DJ [2024] KEHC 14166 (KLR)
The High Court in Nairobi granted LMM and PWM leave to adopt Baby DJ, finding the child had been abandoned and the adoption served the child’s best interests.
In re Baby EP [2024] KEHC 12314 (KLR)
High Court at Mombasa granted an adoption application for an abandoned child, dispensed with parental consent, and appointed legal guardians.
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