Section 104 Child’s Right Act

Section 104 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Restriction on the making of fostering order. It is under Part XI (Fostering) of the Act.

(1) A fostering order shall not be made by the Court unless‐
(a) the applicant or, in the case of a joint application, each of the applicants is not less than twenty‐five years old and, is at least twenty‐one years older than the child to be fostered;
(b) the applicant and the child are resident in the same State;

(c) the applicant is a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) the applicant has the means to maintain the child;
(e) the applicant is a person of unquestionable integrity; and
(f) the applicant is certified by a medical officer to be physically and mentally fit.

(2) A fostering order shall not be made in favour of a sole applicant who is unmarried, unless the applicant has attained the age of thirty‐five years and the child to be fostered is of the same sex as the applicant.

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