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Browsing Research Outputs (Private Law) by Subject "Children"

Browsing Research Outputs (Private Law) by Subject "Children"

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  • The best interests of the child: From complete indeterminacy to guidance by the Children’s Act 
    Ferreira, Sandra (LexisNexis, 2010)
    The requirement that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration in all issues involving children is found in almost all human rights documents. There can be no doubt about the importance of the best ...
  • INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS De Gree v Webb unrep case no 05/25316 (W) 
    Ferreira, Sandra (LexisNexis, 2007)
    To leave your country of origin permanently is traumatic for anyone, but children are especially vulnerable and need to be protected. When a child is removed from the country not through intercountry adoption, but in terms ...
  • It is My Adoption, But is Anyone Listening to Me? 
    Ferreira, Sandra (Legal Research foundation Inc, 2013)
    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 ...
  • Step-Parent Adoption Gone Wrong: GT v CT [2015] 3 ALL SA 631 (GJ) 
    Ferreira, Sandra; Skosana, Themba (Faculty of Law, North West University, 2016)
    In GT v CT [2015] 3 ALL SA 631 (GJ) two children had been legally adopted by their stepfather while the Child Care Act was in operation. After the implementation of the Children's Act 38 of 2005, however, he applied for ...
  • The voice of the child in adoption in South Africa 
    Ferreira, Sandra (LexisNexis, 2014)
    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 ...

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