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- A woman who adopted a child in 2018 has petitioned the Delhi High Court to surrender custody due to the boy's alleged violent behavior and intellectual disabilities.
- The petitioner claims the child poses a safety threat to her and her elderly relatives.
- The court has requested the Central Adoption Resource Authority and the local Child Welfare Committee to clarify the legal framework for such cases.
- This hearing addresses the complex issue of whether legal adoption can be reversed years later when adoptive parents feel unable to manage a child.
What to watch next
- Response from the Central Adoption Resource Authority on the legal possibility of reversing an adoption.
- Determination by the Child Welfare Committee regarding potential housing options for the minor.
- Court ruling on the threshold for returning an adopted child due to safety and care concerns.
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Ali Bin Saif
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“It was later discovered that he was intellectually disabled and was indulging in inappropriate behaviour, including aggression, committing theft and was expelled from multiple schools”
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…to the best of her financial capacity. Explaining her predicament, the woman, through advocate Ali Bin Saif, informed the court that she and her husband adopted the child, then six years old, via CARA in 2018. “ It was later discovered that he was intellectually disabled and was indulging in inappropriate behaviour, including aggression, committing theft and was expelled from multiple schools ,” Saif submitted, adding that three years after the adoption, the woman lost her husband and is now living with her mother and sister. “The petitioner and her husband adopted the respondent no. 4 (boy) at the age of 6…
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Named India · Kasturba Niketan Complex · Ali Bin Saif · Central Adoption Resource Authority · Child Welfare Committee · Delhi High Court · Swarana Kanta Sharma
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