Not every child has the opportunity to grow up as part of a family, which is regarded as the optimum form of child care. Adoption, however, provides a child with the opportunity to have a family. When adoption does ...

When a child is born, it is unlikely that maternity will be in dispute. In contrast, paternity is often in question. In LB v YD 2009 5 SA 463 (T) the applicant (the alleged father) approached the Transvaal Provincial ...

In South Africa, children have the right to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment, which may be achieved through adoption. Children also have the right ...

The aim of this article is to explore the legislative origin of adoption in South Africa. It is common knowledge that South African law is based on Roman- Dutch principles and that English law has also influenced our ...

Adoption in South Africa takes various forms, including step-parent adoption (Ferreira Interracial and intercultural adoption: A South African legal perspec- tive (2010) 2). Chapter 15 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 ...

Over the past few years, there has been growing recognition of the autonomy of children and their right to have a say in matters affecting their well-being. This is an area of South African law that has received much ...