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ADOPTION and FOSTERING
Getting the right documentation is important tool towards the protection of children especially OVCs. It is important that all the documents in regard to a child be kept well to avoid abuse especially trafficking of children within and out of the country.
Details
| language |  | english |
| wordcount |  | 4289 (cca 12 pages) |
| contextual quality |  | N/A |
| language level |  | N/A |
| price |  | free |
| sources |  | 3 |
Table of contents
ADOPTION
PREREQUISITES FOR LOCAL ADOPTION…2
WHO QUALIFIES TO ADOPT IN KENYA (LOCAL ADOPTION)..2
WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY TO ADOPT..3
CHILDREN WHO MAY BE ADOPTED..3
THE ADOPTION PROCEDURE..3
THE CHILD ..3
OFFERED CHILDREN..3
AN ABANDONED CHILD..4
THE PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS …4
COURT PROCEDURE…5
THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM…5
DECLARING A CHILD FREE FOR ADOPTION..6
THE ADOPTION SOCIETY HAS TO ENSURE THAT..6
TO DECLARE A CHILD FREE FOR ADOPTION..6
GUARDIANSHIP
a) Appointment of guardian by the court…7
b) Appointment of Guardians
c) Rights of surviving parent as to guardianship and power of court…7
d) Appointment of testamentary guardian..7
e) Guardian revocation..8
f) Extension of appointment of guardian beyond 18 years…8
g) Disputed between guardians..8
h) Offence by the guardians of the estate of the child…8
FOSTERING
Identification of ovc for fostering..9
Types of identified ovc ..10
Requirements for Placement..10
CHILDREN ON REHABILITATION..10
CHILD PLACED UNDER FOSTER CARE..10
FOSTER PARENT..11
POTENTIAL FOSTER PARENT QUALIFICATION ...11
REGISTRATION OF FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT ..11
Summary..12
References..12
Preview of the essay: ADOPTION and FOSTERING
Adoption is both a legal and social process that provides a child with new legal parents. It severs the bond between a child and it natural parents and establishes a new permanent one with the adoptive parents. Adoption provides a lasting solution to a child without a family and is a better alternative to institutional care. The making of arrangements of adoption should be guided by the best interest of the child and with respect to his or her fundamental rights.PREREQUISITES FOR LOCAL ADOPTION
• No arrangement will begin for a adoption of a child unless the child is at least six weeks old and has been declared free for a adoption by a registered ...
... identified within their community.
Adequate procedures shall be put in place by the district Children’s Officers on OVCs’ movements from community to police through temporary institutional placements to protect children from illegal fostering by local service providers.
summary
Getting the right documentation is important tool towards the protection of children especially OVCs. It is important that all the documents in regard to a child be kept well to avoid abuse especially trafficking of children within and out of the country.
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Benjamin I....I agree with you that adoption is an effective social device to strengthen the integrity of family in the society but let it be noted that every country has its own set of rules...nice write-up.