OFFENCE OF ADOPTION: LAW AND POLICY IN THE NIGERIA LEGAL SYSTEM

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RESEARCH BODY

TABLE OF CASES

ENGLAND

·                     Brokel man V Barr (1971)2 Q.B 602, 611-612

·                     Hitchock V WB (1952) 2 ALL E.R. 199.

·                     Re – Valentine’s Settlement (1965) Ch. 831

·                     Re- Wilby (1965) P. 174; (1956) 2 WLR 262.

·                     Re C. (1964) 3 ALL E.R. 483, 483, 495.

NIGERIA

·                     Armitage V Attorney General of the Federation (1906). 135; 75 LJP 42

·                     Matalon V Matalon (1952) 1 ALL ER 1025 P. 233

TABLE OF STATUTES

·         Adoption Act 1976

·         Child’s Right Act 2003

·         Children and Young Person’s Laws of Lagos State 2003

·         Eastern Report Adoption Law 1965 No 12 of 1965

·         Lagos State Adoption Law 1968

·         Matrimonial Cases Act Cap 220 LFN 2004

The Hague Convention on Adoption 1968

LIST OF ABBREVIATION

·         Q B – Queens Bench

·         Ch – Chancery Division

·         WLR – Western Law Report

·         L.J.P Law Journal Probate

·         L.T. Law Times Reports

T.L.R. Times Law ReportsABSTRACT

The essence of this work is borne out of the need to take critical look and an appraisal of the offence of Adoption under the Nigeria Legal System. In the course of this Study, an analysis shall be made as to it’s Law and Policy in the Nigeria Legal System. Chapter one of this work will give the basic introduction to this work, the background of the study, the object of this work, i.e. offence of adoption will be examined. Chapter two, will look deeply into the concept of Adoption in Nigeria vis-à-vis, the history of Adoption legislation in Nigeria, the adoption provision of the Child’s Right Act 2003, the procedure for the making of an Adoption Order, children who may be adopted, person’s who may adopt, consent required for adoption and finally the inter-country adoption system. Chapter three of this work, thus will look at the law and policy of adoption in Nigeria and the welfare of an adopted child.

The global interest on the welfare of children in relation to their rights, duties, maintenance and status on the society, will be strictly considered as the place of children in many societies, cannot be undermined being the future of any society. Chapter four of this work, will look into the offense of Adoption under the Nigeria legal system and the legal effect of Adoption under the Nigeria legal system equally. Chapter five, will give a general conclusion and recommendations. Thus, this work is intended primarily to make adoption process to be legalized in order to give adequate attention to the welfare of innocent children, not only this but also to explain the current tread and orders in adoption proceedings. In the green days of childhood, the young begins their irreversible march into the future with the resolution and sweet calmness of innocence, the march of childhood goes on as the human race endures. To this end, the writer of this study, though it wise to give credence to the burning issue surrounding the welfare of Adopted children, the effect of Adoption on the adopted child and upon the adopting parent, the offence of adoption, and also to expose the inadequaties in our Law, proffering necessary proposals for reform which the government and indeed the Law Reform Commission may consider to take care of the present peculiarities as regards the welfare of adopted children, thereby laying a sure foundation for Nigeria tomorrow.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS   

TABLE OF CASES

TABLE OF STATUTES                                                                            

LISTS OF ABBREVIATION

CHAPTER 1:                                                                                               

GENERAL INTRODUCTION                                                     

1.0.0                                INTRODUCTION                                                               

1.1.0                                BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY                                              

1.2.0                                OBJECTIVE OF STUDY                                                  

1.3.0                                FOCUS OF STUDY                                                            

1.4.0                                SCOPE OF STUDY                                                            

1.5.0                                METHODOLOGY                                                              

1.6.0                                LITERATURE REVIEW                                              

1.7.0                                DEFINITION OF TERMS                                                 

1.8.0                                CONCLUSION                    

CHAPTER 2:                                                                                               

THE CONCEPT OF ADOPTION IN NIGERIA                                    

2.0.0                                INTRODUCTION                                                               

2.1.0                HISTORY OF ADOPTION LAW IN NIGERIA

2.0.1                                ADOPTION PROVISIONS OF THE CHILD’S RIGHT ACT 2003                            

2.1.0                                PROCEDURE FOR THE MAKING OF ADOPTION ORDER          

2.2.0                                CHILDREN WHO MAY BE ADOPTED                                    

2.2.1                                PERSON WHO MAY ADOPT                                          

2.2.2                                RESIDENCE AND NATIONALITY FOR ADOPTION           

2.3.0                                CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION                    

2.4.0                                INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION SYSTEM                                

2.5.0                                CONCLUSION                                                                    

CHAPTER 3:                                                                                               

LAW AND POLICY OF ADOPTION IN NIGERIA     

3.0.0                                INTRODUCTION                                                               

3.1.0                                LAW AND POLICY OF ADOPTION IN NIGERIA     

3.1.1                                LEGAL CONTROLS AND ADOPTION PRACTICES

3.1.2                                JURISDICTION OF COURT                                                       

3.1.3                                FUNCTION OF THE COURT                                          

3.2.0                                WELFARE OF AN ADOPTED CHILD                          

3.3.0                                CONCLUSION                                                                    

CHAPTER 4:                                                                                               

THE OFFENCE OF ADOPTION UNDER THE NIGERIA LEGAL SYSTEM                                                                               

4.0.0                                INTRODUCTION                                                               

4.1.0                                OFFENCE OF ADOPTION                                                          

4.1.1                                PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN ADOPTER AND THE ADOPTED JUVENILE                                      

4.1.2                PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS     

4.1.2                                RESTRICTION OF SENDING JUVENILE AWAY FOR ADOPTION.                               

4.1.3                                VISIT TO ADOPTED CHILD BY CHILD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER’S             

4.2.0                                LEGAL EFFECT OF ADOPTION UNDER THE NIGERIA LEGAL SYSTEM                 

4.2.1                RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENT AND ADOPTER OF A JUVENILE             

4.3.0                                CONCLUSION                                                                    

CHAPTER 5:                                                                                               

5.0.0                                CONCLUSION                                                                    

5.1.0                                RECOMMENDATION                                                      

BIBLIOGRAPHY               

ARTICLE ON INTERNET

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PRESENTATION OF PAPERS   

CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.0.0: INTRODUCTION

Adoption under family Law has a restricted meaning[1], not withstanding this fact, various authors and legal writers have defined the word “Adoption” in various ways:-

Sections 12 and 39 of the Adoption Act[2] define Adoption thus: “Adoption is the process whereby a court irrevocably extinguishes the legal ties between a child and the natural parents or guardians and create analogues ties between the child and the adopters”.

Accordingly, LB CURZON

 

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