Adopted children granted right to inherit property

Children abandoned by their parents in hospitals or on streets have a right to inherit property belonging to those who adopt them, the court has ruled.

“....once the adopting order is made it will be final and binding during the life time of the child, and the child shall have a right to inherit their property. The applicants shall not be able to give up the child owing to any subsequent unforeseen behaviour or other changes in the child,” Justice Aggrey Muchelule who heads the Judiciary’s Family Division, ruled recently.