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ADOPTION
ADOPTION IS A LEGAL
PROCESS BY WHICH A
CHILD IS PLACED WITH
A MARRIED COUPLE OR
A SINGLE PARENT WHO
AGREE TO RISE CHILD
AS HIS/HER OWN
CHILD AND ASSUME
ALL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CHILD.
 LAWS GOVERNING
ADOPTION
 HINDU ADOPTION AND MAINTENANCE ACT OF 1956
(HINDUS, JAIN,SIKHS OR BUDDHIST) click me

 GUARDIAN AND WARDS ACT OF 1890

(FOREIGN CITIZENS, NRIs AND INDIAN NATIONALS
WHO ARE MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS OR JEWS)

 JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2000

(A PART WHICH DEALS WITH ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
BY NON-HINDU PARENTS)
 HINDU ADOPTION AND
MAINTENANCE ACT OF 1956
 ONLY HINDUS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ACT
AS PERSONAL LAW GOVERNS IT.
BUDDHISM , JAINISM & SIKHISM INCLUSIVELY COMES
UNDER HINDU IN THIS ACT.

 ACT IS APPLICABLE TO CHILDREN WHOSE

BIOLOGICAL PARENTS ARE NOT KNOWN OR HAVE
ABANDONED THE CHILD AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP
AS HINDU, BUDDHIST , JAIN OR SIKH.

 A SINGLE PARENT OR MARRIED COUPLES ARE NOT

PERMITTED TO ADOPT MORE THAN ONE CHILD OF
THE SAME SEX.
 HINDU ADOPTION AND
MAINTENANCE ACT OF 1956
 HINDU FEMALE WHO IS NOT A MINOR AND NOT TO
MARRIED BUT IS OF SOUND MIND CAN ADOPT. SHE
CANOT BE A JOINT PETITIONER WITH HER HUSBAND
BUT CAN OLY BE A CONSENTING PARTY IN THE
CHILD’S ADOPTION.

 AN ADOPTIVE PARENT IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOR A

CHILD, AS PER HER PREFERENCES.
(AGE, GENDER , SKIN COLOUR, RELIGION SPECIFIC
FEATURES AND HEALTH CONDITION)
 LAWS GOVERNING
ADOPTION
 HINDU ADOPTION AND MAINTENANCE ACT OF 1956
(HINDUS, JAIN,SIKHS OR BUDDHIST) click me

 GUARDIAN AND WARDS ACT OF 1890

(FOREIGN CITIZENS, NRIs AND INDIAN NATIONALS
WHO ARE MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS OR JEWS) click me

 JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2000

(A PART WHICH DEALS WITH ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
BY NON-HINDU PARENTS)
GUARDIAN AND WARDS ACT OF
1890
 GUARDIAN AND WARDS ACT
OF 1890
 A FOREIGN NATIONAL ADOPTS AN INDIAN CHILD UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

 THE ADOPTIVE PARENT IS ONLY THE GUARDIAN OF THE

CHILD UNTIL SHE REACHES 18 YEARS OF AGE.

 FOREIGN CITIZENS AND NRIs SUPPOSED TO ADOPT

ACCORDING TO THE ADOPTION LAWS AND
PROCEDURES IN THE COUNTRY OF THEIR RESIDENCE.

 AN ADOPTIVE PARENT IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOR A

CHILD, AS PER HER PREFERENCES.
(AGE, GENDER , SKIN COLOUR, RELIGION SPECIFIC
FEATURES AND HEALTH CONDITION)
 LAWS GOVERNING
ADOPTION
 HINDU ADOPTION AND MAINTENANCE ACT OF 1956
(HINDUS, JAIN,SIKHS OR BUDDHIST) click me

 GUARDIAN AND WARDS ACT OF 1890

(FOREIGN CITIZENS, NRIs AND INDIAN NATIONALS
WHO ARE MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS OR JEWS) click me

 JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2000

(A PART WHICH DEALS WITH ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
BY NON-HINDU PARENTS) click me
 JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2000
(1) The primary responsibility for providing care andprotection to
children shall be that of his family.

(2) Adoption shall be resorted to for the rehabilitation of such

children as are orphaned, abandoned, neglected and abused
through institutional and non-institutional methods.

(3) In keeping with the provisions of the various guidelines for

adoption issued from time to time by the State Government,
the Board shall be empowered to give children in adoption and
carry out such investigations as are required for giving
children in adoption in accordance with the guidelines issued
by the State Government from time to time in this regard.

(4) The children's homes or the State Government run institutions

for orphans shall be recognised as an adoption agencies both
for scrutiny and placement of such children for adoption in
accordance with the guidelines issued under sub-section (3).
JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT OF 2000
(5) No child shall be offered for adoption-

(a) until two members of the Committee declare

the child legally free for placement in the case of
abandoned children,

(b) till the two months period for reconsideration

by the parent is over in the case of surrendered
children, and

(c) without his consent in the case of a child who

can understand and express his consent.
CONCLUSION
ADOPTION IS THE
CREATION OF A NEW,
PREMANENT RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN AN ADOPTIVE
PARENT AND CHILD. ONCE
THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NO
LEGAL DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A CHILD WHO IS
ADOPTED AND A CHILD WHO
IS BORN IN TO A FAMILY.
ADOPTING ONE CHILD
WONT CHANGE THE
WORLD. BUT FOR THAT
ONE CHILD THE WORLD
WILL CHANGE.
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