Adoption can be defined as the statutory process of terminating a child’s legal rights and duties towards the natural parents and substituting similar rights and duties towards adoptive parents. Adoption establishes a parent-child relationship between persons not so related by the birth of the child. For the parentless or the abandoned child, adoption means a balanced physical and psychological family environment and to the desirous parents, chances to become parents and experience family growth. It is one of the means of solving the problems of destitute and orphans. A child for adoption must be under 18 years of age and unmarried and legally free for adoption.

GENERAL ADOPTION DEED

THIS DEED of adoption made on this                          day of                       

BETWEEN

Sh.                      ,s/o                                    ,r/o                                     , (hereinafter called “the adoptive father”) of one part

AND

Sh.                                s/o                                   r/o                               , (hereinafter called “the natural father”) of the other part.

WHEREAS

1. The adoptive father has no issue, male or female, and having regard to his circumstances, he has no expectation of having any issue.

• The adoptive father and his wife want to adopt a child as their son/daughter.

• The natural father has three children, all sons.

• The adoptive father, with the consent of his wife, has approached the natural father for giving in adoption one of his sons named                (name of the child).

• The natural father has, with the consent of his wife, consented to his said son being given in adoption.

• The ceremony of giving and taking in adoption has been duly performed along with other religious ceremonies customary with the parties on the day of                  .

• The parties considered it expedient and necessary that a proper deed of adoption be executed as an authentic record of adoption.

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSESETH AS FOLLOWS:

1. Declaration of Adoption:

The parties hereto do hereby declare that the adoptive father has duly adopted the said child as his son from the day of                           i.e. the day on which ceremony of giving and taking in adoption has been duly performed along with other religious ceremonies customary with the parties.

• Legal rights and liabilities of adopted son:

The said son has been transferred to the family of adoptive father and shall have, from the date of adoption, all the legal rights and liabilities of an adopted son.

• Maintenance, etc. of adopted son:

The adoptive father shall be liable for the maintenance, education and other expenses of the adopted son and shall bear all such expenses in accordance with his status.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereunto have signed this deed this              

day of               .

THE ADOPTIVE FATHER                                         THE NATURAL FATHER

WITNESS: 1.

2.