Central Adoption Resource Agency

Biological father's consent for adoption
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘The biological father failed to come forward to extend justifiable reasons to deny the benefit of adoption not just to the petitioner but also to the minor whose interest must be paramount.’

Kerala High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A biological father has the inherent right to custody of his child, a right that continues until the child reaches the age of majority or until the order is modified or revoked by a competent court, and the substantive and intrinsic statutory right of a biological father to retain custody of his child cannot be waived or relaxed by the CARA under Regulation 63.