HOW DOES THE ADOPTION PROCESS ENSURE THE CHILD’S BEST INTERESTS?
‘The best interests of a child’ is a concept deeply entrenched in our legal system – especially since the new constitutional dispensation. Section 28(2) of the Constitution provides that “A child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child”. The best interest of a child is similarly of paramount importance in the adoption procedure. Adoption is the process […]
ADOPTING A CHILD IN SOUTH AFRICA
Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the child’s birth mother or father. A legal adoption order ends the parental rights of the birth mother and father and hands over the parental rights and responsibilities to the adoptive parents. There are 4 phases in the […]