In re RP (Child) [2024] KEHC 333 (KLR)

In re RP (Child) (Adoption Cause E048 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 333 (KLR) (Family) (25 January 2024) (Judgment)

Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 333 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)

Family

Adoption Cause E048 of 2023

HK Chemitei, J

January 25, 2024

IN THE MATTER OF CHILDREN’S ACT NO 8 OF 2001 AND IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF BABY RP (THE CHILD)

In the matter of

KMK

Applicant

Judgment

1. By her originating summons dated March 29, 2023 the applicant prayed for the following orders:“(a)That the applicant be authorised to adopt Baby RP an infant who is to be known as RLP –L and the Registrar General be directed to enter this adoption into the Adoption Register.(b)that AKN and ZW be appointed as the legal guardians of the minor who shall be presumed to have been born in Kenya.”

2. The application is based on the applicant’s affidavit and the attached annexures. The applicant’s application to have the Director of Children Services prepare a report was allowed by this court on May 18, 2023.

3. The court has perused the said report dated July 5, 2023 as well as the other reports in respect to the minor and the applicant. This court is satisfied that the applicant has the capacity to adopt the minor and to take care of him just like her own child.

4. In the premises the originating summons is hereby allowed as prayed. Costs shall be in the cause.

Dated signed and delivered via video link at Nairobi this 25thday of January 2024. H K CHEMITEIJUDGE