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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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February 2020
In the matter of a petition for adoption of Muwanguzi Jonathan & Kirungi Awesome (Infants) by Kerstin Maria Droll & Benedikt Thomas Droll (Adoption Cause 30 of 2020) [2020] UGHCFD 12 (26 February 2020) High Court authorized intercountry adoption after finding statutory requirements met and adoption to be in the children’s best interests. Adoption law – intercountry adoption – High Court jurisdiction where applicants are non‑citizens; statutory eligibility for non‑citizen adoptive parents (age, residence, fostering, clearances, recommendations). Children’s welfare – paramount consideration – bonding, stability, education and emotional needs. Dispensing with parental consent where parents unknown/abandoned. Recognition by foreign state and registration/administrative directions.	26 February 2020

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Judgment date

February 2020

In the matter of a petition for adoption of Muwanguzi Jonathan & Kirungi Awesome (Infants) by Kerstin Maria Droll & Benedikt Thomas Droll (Adoption Cause 30 of 2020) [2020] UGHCFD 12 (26 February 2020)

High Court authorized intercountry adoption after finding statutory requirements met and adoption to be in the children’s best interests.

Adoption law – intercountry adoption – High Court jurisdiction where applicants are non‑citizens; statutory eligibility for non‑citizen adoptive parents (age, residence, fostering, clearances, recommendations). Children’s welfare – paramount consideration – bonding, stability, education and emotional needs. Dispensing with parental consent where parents unknown/abandoned. Recognition by foreign state and registration/administrative directions.

26 February 2020