A. I am: 1. A Hindu by birth 2. Age 36 years, 3. Married 4. Wife's age 32 years 5. Having one Son of age 3 years 6 Permanent resident of Uttarakhand 7. A Public Servent
B. I and my wife want to legally adopt a girl chid (3 months old) from another Hindu family (Not in any relation to us) in uttarakhand .
C. The child adopted has to be later on enetered as a dependent child in the records of the Corporation I work with. The adoption, therefore, has to be legal in all respect.
D. Can I adopt under HAMA, 1956 ? If yes, does CARA guidelines has to do anything with the procudure for adoption under HAMA,1956.
E. In fact, when I went through material on child adoption in internet/through Google, I could not reconcile between CARA guidelines and HAMA, 1956 procudures for adoption. CARA no where talks about familiy to family (not in relation) adoption - it only talks about adoption of orphaned, abandoned, or surrendered children that too through authorised/registered Homes/Institutions, while, on the other hand, HAMA, 1956 does, probably allows, familiy to familiy adoption.
F My ultimate concern is - If I proceed with and succed in above mentioned adoption under HAMA, 1956, Lest it is declared not properly legal later on.
Please advise.
Vinod Arya
