Adoptive Parents Not Allowed To Meet Child Physically, Must Be Provided Child Study Report & Medical Report To Give Preference: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court ruled that prospective adoptive parents must be given child study report and medical examination report to review when they are referred the profiles of children for possible adoption.Justice C.S. Dias referred to Section 59 (6) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 2015 and Adoption Regulations of 2022 to state that child study report and...