ADOPTION PRACTICE UNDER THE CHILD'S RIGHTS LAW OF ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

Children are the life wire of a marriage; they bring joy and feeling of accomplishment to marriages. It is in a bidto remedy the malady of Childlessness in marriages, and to give life to marriages that couples who are unable toconceive resort to adoption of children. Also, people of many religious backgrounds believe that their religioncalls on them to adopt in order to help children, even people who aren't religious choose adoption to help makethe world a better place. However, a child in Anambra State cannot be lawfully adopted through mere religious,traditional, customary or communal process faulted with illegality. As such, adopting a child without adherenceto Anambra State Child's Rights Law, 2004 is kidnapping and child trafficking. Using a doctrinal researchmethodology, this paper analyzed the adoption practice under the Anambra State Child's Right Law, 2004. Thepaper found out that the procedure for adoption practice under the Anambra State Child’s Right Law, 2004 isrelatively cumbersome. The provisions require adopters to complete various processes before adopting a childfrom an authorized and regulated child care facility or orphanage In view of the foregoing, this paperrecommended among others that active measures should be taken to make child adoption process more effectiveand less cumbersome.