icon Can I adopt a 10 years male child of my wife

Can I adopt a 10 years male child of my wife from her previous marriage having a 14 years male child from my previous marriage.

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3 months ago


A. Dear Client,
Central Adoption Resource Authority.(CARA) is the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions. Earlier it was not possible for the stepparent to adopt the child, but nowadays the CARA has made the recent changes in the law that allows the step parents to adopt the children from the second marriage or a previous marriage. In the matter of stepparent, if the couple want to adopt the child from the previous m ...ReadMore

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icon Can i claim property if i am a adopted son without papers

My uncle(Mother's brother) adopted us in the year of 1962 but this was not done on papers means (no registered adoption deed) ,(no adoption ceremony photos) and my mother was devdasi(unmarried). so, h

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4 months ago


A. Dear client
Even if there is no registered adoption deed, other evidence such as school leaving certificates, mark sheets, and documents where your uncle allowed his name to be used as your father can be presented to establish the adoption. In the absence of a will, the inheritance laws of your jurisdiction will typically determine who the legal heirs are. The laws may recognize both blood relatives and adopted children as legal heirs, depending on the circumstances and local regulations. If you ...ReadMore

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icon Does adopted son have any rights on biological parents property.

Hello sir does adoption have any rights on the biological parents property? As the adopted son got all the properties from the adopted parents and distributed to his two daughters and now he is claimi

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4 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
If legally adopted then such child has only legal rights over the properties of adopted parents and he lose all rights over the properties of biological parents.

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Can a child be declared as Legally free for adoption without the consent of biological parents if biological parents of a child has been traced out

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7 months ago


A. Dear client,
This basically depends on whether the biological parents are there in the picture or not. If they are missing, you don't need their consent

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Adoption child

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8 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956
https://tcw.nic.in › Acts › Hindu adoption and Mai...
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THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956. [Act No.78 of 1956][21st December, 1956].

Men who are unmarried can adopt as well as long as they are not a minor. However, if a man were to adopt a daughter, the man must be twenty one years of age or older. Only unmarried Hindu women can legally adopt a child. A married woman can only give her consent to adoption by her husband.
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icon Adoption child

Dear Sir/madam, My father has 2 elder brothers, 1 younger brother & 1 sister.1st elder brother get one Male child from the 2nd elder brother in 1 month like a stepchild(Valarpu magan), And he is 36 y

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9 months ago


A. Dear Client,
In such circumstances, the property will be distributed as per the law of inheritance. This is called intestate succession. Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, prescribes the general rule of succession in the case of a male. The expression ‘son and daughter’ include natural born as well as adopted. The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the provisions of Chapter II of the Act:― firstly, upon the heirs, being the relatives as specified ...ReadMore

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a person has no children and he declares someone as a poster son through settlement,can those poster son be his legal hire

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10 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
No, such arrangement is not recognized in India. Unless adopted legally a son who is below the age of 14 years.

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icon Cancellation of adoption deed

Cancellation of adoption deed affects the interest of the adopted child's natural parent and brother, so in case of cancellation of adoption deed, the adopted child's natural mother, father or brother

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10 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
ADOPTION DEED WITHOUT COURT PERMISSION
http://cara.nic.in/PDF/Role%20of%20Judiciary.pdf
An Act only for Hindus, as the child, the giver and the taker has to be a Hindu (a Muslim, Christian, Parsee, Jews, any member of a scheduled tribe governed by their customary law can not adopt) (Sec 2 of HAMA) Eligibility of adoptive parents (Sec 6 to 8 of HAMA) Only a Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, or Sikh husband above the age of 18 can adopt under this act only with the consent of his living ...ReadMore

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icon Consent of the biological father for adoption

How can I adopt my wife's son from her first marriage? My wife got divorced and as per divorce decree, the permanent custody and natural guardianship of the son was awarded to her. Is this enough to n

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11 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
Adoption by Step-Parent was not possible in India until now. In its most recent guidelines, CARA has now permitted the same. Please go through the 2017 Adoptions Regulations w.e.f. Jan 16, 2017 - allowing step parents to legally adopt the child from of their partner (from a previous marriage)
Adoptions Regulations 2017 – Ready Reckoner
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT has notified the Adoption Regulations 2017 as framed by the Central Adoption Resource Authority. These guideli ...ReadMore

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icon Adopted a girl child

We adopted a girl child who is now 16 years age.Recently my wife passed away and due to my job nature I remain outside my state as a moving Job and nobody in the family now to take care of her. What i

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11 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
You cannot surrender the said child as she attained 16 years of age. You may get her admitted in any reputed residential college and see that she is married of after she attaining legal marriage age.

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