Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has observed that a person cannot claim a right to guardianship solely on the basis of the adoption ceremony of a child without establishing that the adoption is legally valid.
On Nov 24 last year, a family court in Bengaluru had rejected his adoption application filed under Guardian and Wards Act, forcing him to approach the high court. However, after living with him for nearly one year, in July 2025, the woman left his home along with her son. He cited the adoption ceremony, co-habitation for nearly 11 months and asserted that he was entitled to claim the status of an adoptive father and that he should be treated as a guardian.
He then approached the family court seeking visitation rights every day for three hours in the play area of his apartment complex. However, after several rounds of hearing, the family court rejected his request pointing out that he was an adoptive father and his claim could not override the rights of the boy’s natural mother. The division bench of the high court observed that the family court was right in rejecting the application.