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 […]