In re Baby HH (Child) [2024] KEHC 7392 (KLR)

In re Baby HH (Child) (Adoption Cause E176 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 7392 (KLR) (Family) (20 June 2024) (Judgment)

Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 7392 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)

Family

Adoption Cause E176 of 2023

HK Chemitei, J

June 20, 2024

In the matter of

AWK

Applicant

Judgment

1. In her Originating summons dated 12th September 2023 the Applicant prays for the following orders:-(a)That the Applicant be authorised to adopt Baby HH an infant and to be known as THS and the Registrar General be directed to enter this adoption into the Register of Adoptions.(b)That PWN be appointed as the legal guardian of the minor who shall be presumed to have been born in Kenya.

2. The application is based on the grounds thereof, the statements and the Applicant’s sworn affidavits and annexures thereto.

3. The court on 16th November 2023 directed the department of Children’s Services to prepare a comprehensive report regarding the parties and the report on record dated 9th February 2024 is positive.

4. The parties appeared before this court on 25th April 2025 and the court was able to see and interview them orally. They all understood the implication of these adoption proceedings.

5. In the premises and based on the documentary evidence on record the originating summons is hereby allowed with no orders as to costs.’

DATED SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIA VIDEO LINK THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE 2024. H K CHEMITEIJUDGE