HOW TO ADOPT A NIGERIAN CHILD OR BE A LEGAL GUARDIAN

HOW TO ADOPT A NIGERIAN CHILD OR BE A LEGAL GUARDIAN

A legal guardian is a person other a child’s biological parents who is legally empowered to assume the role of a parent, live with, take care of and take decisions in the best interest of a person below 18 years of age.

If you’re a Nigerian living abroad and seeking to adopt or be the legal guardian of a child in Nigeria to enable the child live with you abroad, you will need to consult a Lawyer who is very experienced in child adoption and legal guardianship to help you through the process.

This will including the administrative process and securing a court order for adoption or legal guardianship.

Some persons make the mistake of adopting a child or becoming a guardian without taking proper legal steps for adoption or legal guardianship.

This puts you at a big risk of flouting the law and facing severe legal consequences for anything that happens to a child that you’re not legally empowered to adopt or be his/her guardian.

These negative consequences may include rejection by immigration (visa rejection), unlawful custody of a minor, child abduction, child trafficking & criminal breach of child rights laws.

So thread with caution. We strongly advise that you follow the legal process of adoption or guardianship so as to secure your legal position.

If you need legal help with child adoption or legal guardianship, call, email or Whatsapp Apex Chambers, best Law Firm of Lawyers & Attorneys in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.