What is Adoption under Hindu's
Adoption Who can adopt? • Both male and female can adopt • Major • Sound mind • Marital status:- they can be either unmarried, divorced, widowed or married (consent of the other spouse must be obtained) Who can be adopted? • Father and Mother – yes • Other Person – No • Exceptions:- When a child can be given in adoption by another person • When the parentage of the child is not known • Where parents dead • Where parents have renounced the world • Where parents unsound • Where parents have abandoned the child • In these cases, the permission of the c...