IN THE MATTER OF J K N -CHILD [2012] KEHC 713 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

High Court at Nairobi (Nairobi Law Courts)

Adoption Cause 35 of 2011

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IN THE MATTER OF J K N -CHILD

AND

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR ADOPTION BY J K W & B N G

JUDGEMENT

J K WandB N  G,theApplicants, seek authority under the provisions of the children Act, Cap 154, to adopt the child known asJ K N.

I have duly perused the application and the documents and reports furnished to the court and I am satisfied:-

(i)that the Applicants are qualified to adopt the child and

(ii)that the child has been freed for adoption.

(iii)that the provisions of the Children Act have been duly complied with.

(iv)that the adoption is in the best interest of the child.

I observe that the guardian ad litem and the Director of Children’s Department and the concerned adoption society namely, Child Welfare Society of Kenya Adoption Society  all recommend the adoption.

I allow the application and grant, pursuant to Section 154 (1) of the Children Act, Cap 141, authority to the Applicants to adopt the child.

I accordingly make the following orders:

1. The consents of the biological parents of the child are hereby dispensed with.

2. The Applicants,J K WandB N G arehereby authorized to adopt the child, namely,J K N.

3. The said child shall henceforth be known asJ K K.

4. The date of birth of the child is[particulars withheld].

5. The Legal Guardians of the child shall be the family friend to the Applicant E K K.

6. The Registrar General is hereby directed to enter this adoption in the Adopted Children Register.

7. For the avoidance of doubt, it is herein declared that all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the biological parents or guardians of the child are extinguished and all such rights, duties, obligations and liabilities shall vest in and be exercised by and enforceable against the adopting parents namelyJ K WandB N G asif the said child were their biological child and the child shall have the right to inherit the Applicants.

Dated at Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi this 8th dayof November 2012.

G.B.M. KARIUKI, SC

JUDGE

COUNSEL APPEARING

Mr. M.M Kamitti Advocate for Applicants

Mr. Kugwa – court clerk