New history on child adoption created in Darrang district

MANGALDAI: A new history regarding legal child adoption has been created in Darrang

district on Friday. It was the day when final adoption order was awarded by the court of

the District Magistrate instead of the court of the District Judge following the Juvenile

Justice (care and protection of children) Amendment Act, 2021 with effect from

September, 2022. The District Magistrate of Darrang Munindra Nath Ngatey awarded the

final adoption orders for two male children who were under pre-adoption foster care for

last several months with adoptive parents from Tripura and Delhi respectively.

Earlier on the day, the physical hearing of the adoptive parents were completed in the

court of the Additional District Magistrate Jonti Deka in presence of the officials of the

District Child Protection Office and representatives from the Specialized Adoption Agency

(SAA) under non government organization ‘Crystal Vision’. Terming the day as a very

special for the adoption, Kanaklata Baruah, protection officer (NIC), Darrang expressed

her gratitude to all the stakeholders especially the District Magistrate for his encouraging

role within a short period of his assuming office in the district.