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(1)A person who is not a citizen of Uganda may in exceptional circumstances adopt a Ugandan child, if he or she—
(a)has stayed in Uganda for at least one year;
(b)has fostered the child for at least one year under the supervision of a probation and social welfare officer;
(c)does not have a criminal record;
(d)has a recommendation concerning his or her suitability to adopt a child from his or her country's probation and welfare office or other competent authority; and
(e)has satisfied the court that his or her country of origin will respect and recognise the adoption order.
(2)For the purposes of an application to which this section applies, the probation and social welfare officer referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be required to submit a report to assist the court in considering the application; and the court may, in addition, require some other person or authority to make a report in respect of the application.
(3)The restrictions and conditions in section 87, other than subsections (4) and (5), apply to an application to which this section relates.
(4)The court may, in exceptional circumstances, waive any of the requirements specified in subsection (1).
(5)The following persons may facilitate the courts of law with information to protect the best interest of the child—
(a)advocates;
(b)probation and social welfare officers; or
(c)a guardian ad litem for children.
(6)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, inter-countiy adoption shall be considered as the last option available to orphaned, abandoned or legally relinquished children, along a continuum of comprehensive child welfare services.
(7)For the purpose of this section, "continuum of comprehensive child welfare services" means a broad range of preventive services and community-based family-centered alternative care options which may include—
(a)family preservation;
(b)kinship care;
(c)foster care; and
(d)institutionalisation.
A person who is not a Ugandan citizen can only adopt a Ugandan child in exceptional circumstances. You must have lived in Uganda for at least one year...
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