20150521 TZHC Arusha
The applicants have complied with all statutory requirements for adoption under section 59 of the Law of the Child Act, 2009, and granting the adoption is in the best interests and welfare of the child, who was abandoned and has no known relatives.
- Citation
- 20150521 TZHC Arusha
- Parties
- Applicant: Stella Jepkemoi Chebii; Applicant: Ronald George Lumsden; Subject: Maxine (minor)
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 21 May 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Civil Cause (adoption) / Ruling on Application for Adoption Order
- Outcome
- adoption order granted
- Legal Topics
- Adoption, Child Welfare, Best Interests of the Child
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Stella Jepkemoi Chebii
Applicant
Ronald George Lumsden
Applicant
Maxine (minor)
Subject
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Cause (adoption) / Ruling on Application for Adoption Order
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicants satisfy the legal requirements for adoption under the Law of the Child Act, 2009
- 2 Whether granting the adoption is in the best interests and welfare of the child
Ratio Decidendi
The applicants have complied with all statutory requirements for adoption under section 59 of the Law of the Child Act, 2009, and granting the adoption is in the best interests and welfare of the child, who was abandoned and has no known relatives.
Court Disposition
adoption order granted
Orders
- Stella Jepkemoi Chebii and Ronald George Lumsden to adopt Maxine, a female infant born on 1st October 2013 at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre.
- After adoption, the infant Maxine to be known as Isla Jepchumba Lumsden.
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