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Know Your Rights: How to adopt a child in India; Read more on rules and laws Know Your Rights: How to adopt a child in India; Read more on rules and laws Any Female Hindu, Who Is Of Sound Mind, Who Is Not A Minor And Who Is Not Married, Or If Married, Whose Marriage Has Been Dissolved Or Whose Husband Is Dead Or Has Completely And Finally Renounced The World Or Has Ceased To Be A Hindu Or Has Been Declared By A Court Of Competent Jurisdiction To Be Of Unsound Mind, Has The Capacity To Take A S...

This Parent24 reader has a common question about childrens obligations towards their elderly parents. His mother lives in a retirement home in South Africa and he lives in the UK. He helps with her upkeep, but only two of his four siblings assist financially. Read his story here and see how a legal professional explains his rights.  " Dear Parent24, My 80-year-old mother resides in a care home in South Africa and I have four brothers - two of which dont contribute a cent to her upkeep.�...

Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani took to Twitter to flag adoption requests as illegal and urged people to prevent trafficking in the garb of adoption and report all such cases to 1098 or police or a Child Welfare Committee. In Odisha’s Ganjam district, a 45-day-old girl was found next to her mother’s body, when neighbours broke open the door of their house in Golapalli village. Suspecting it to be a case of death due to COVID-19, the local police sent the corpse for po...

Following the COVID surge, the laws and procedures for the care and protection of orphaned children must be noted

How to adopt a child legally Updated: Updated: May 12, 2021 01:34 IST During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Share Article AAA During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Profiteering from child trafficking rackets knows no bounds. Today, some people are offering infants for instant adoption by selling sob stories of how the children have lost their parents to the dreade...

Share This - x “Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is declared as ultra vires of Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961” In a groundbreaking judgment, the Kerala High Court has declared as unconstitutional the bar on lawyers representing parties in matters before the Maintenance Tribunals constituted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Maintenance Act). A Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justic...

Adoption authority gets HC notice on plea Updated: Updated: Hindu couple seek no-objection certificate to adopt child born to Christian parents Share Article Hindu couple seek no-objection certificate to adopt child born to Christian parents The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on a plea by a Hindu couple, living in the U.S., seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) to adopt a child born to Christian parents. “The present petition raises ...

MONEYWEB app instead? SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION HERE    SHARES How can I avoid such danger before they resign? By Rick Briers-Danks 4 Mar 2021  09:00  If married within community of property, is my partner’s pension in danger because of my business debt? How can I legally avoid such danger before they resign? If it is your partner’s intention to resign we would advise that they not draw the benefits in cash but rather preserve their pension benefit into a preservation fund. This way th...

Representative Image MUMBAI: Despite several appeals to Mumbaikars to wear a mask in public places, the number of violators and the fine collected surged in one day. On Monday, the police, BMC, Western Railway and Central Railway collected nearly Rs 45 lakh in fines from 22,976 ‘mask-less’ people. On Sunday, 14,100 people were fined a total of Rs 28 lakh, and on Saturday, Rs 32 lakh was collected from 16,154 offenders. Over the weekend, the BMC alone collected Rs 60 lakh in fines. Since M...

Once funds are withdrawn, they are no longer governed by the Pension Fund Act and therefore dont enjoy protection from creditors.