HC allows American woman married to an Indian to adopt boy with special needs

Mumbai: An American woman married to an Indian husband was allowed to adopt a 6-year-old boy with special needs after the Bombay high court directed the district court to process the application of the adoption agency. [caption id=“attachment_2244476” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Bombay High Court. IBN Live[/caption] The HC allowed the couple to retain foster care of the boy while this dispute was being settled. He was originally kept at a Pune orphanage/adoption agency, Arun Aashray, reports the TOI . The child’s mother relinquished her rights over him before handing him over to the agency. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) had challenged the adoption as they believed it was an inter-country adoption issue and the ruling for foreigners should be applied in this case. That would require the wife to apply to the US embassy for an NOC. The judges in their order said that the same rule cannot be applied in this case as the American woman, being the wife of an Indian citizen, has Person of Indian Origin status. The couple can proceed ahead with their adoption in accordance to the Juvenile Justice Act.