Who can adopt a Child Under Hindu Adoption And maintenance Act, 1956
Meaning of AdoptionAdoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person’s biological or legal parent or parents. In the Act adoption is not described but in a Hindu law it is derived from uncodified Hindu laws of Dharamsastra, specifically Manusmriti. Adoption has been described in Manusmriti as ‘taking someone else’s […]
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