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HC: Family Division (Uganda)

The Family Division was created in April 2005 as a division of the high court that handles: Administration causes, Family causes, (Adoption, Guardianship, Affiliation/maintenance), Miscellaneous causes, Miscellaneous applications, Civil appeals, Civil suits, Originating summons, Civil revisions and Divorce cases.

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Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court at Mobutu Road .

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June 2017
In Re: A M (a minor) (Adoption Cause No 12 of 2017) [2017] UGHCFD 9 (6 June 2017) High Court grants adoption where statutory criteria are satisfied and adoption is in the child's best interests. Adoption — Jurisdiction of High Court where applicant is non‑citizen; statutory qualifications for adoptive parents (age, age gap, residency, fostering under PSWO); dispensation of parental consent where parents unknown; best interests/welfare principle paramount; PSWO recommendation and good‑conduct certificates as evidence of suitability; recognition of adoption for consular/foreign purposes.	6 June 2017

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Judgment date

June 2017

In Re: A M (a minor) (Adoption Cause No 12 of 2017) [2017] UGHCFD 9 (6 June 2017)

High Court grants adoption where statutory criteria are satisfied and adoption is in the child's best interests.

Adoption — Jurisdiction of High Court where applicant is non‑citizen; statutory qualifications for adoptive parents (age, age gap, residency, fostering under PSWO); dispensation of parental consent where parents unknown; best interests/welfare principle paramount; PSWO recommendation and good‑conduct certificates as evidence of suitability; recognition of adoption for consular/foreign purposes.

6 June 2017