FROM STIGMA TO ACCEPTANCE: STATUS OF SINGLE – PARENT ADOPTION IN INDIA

AUTHOR – AYUSHMAN MISHRA, STUDENT AT BENNETT UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – AYUSHMAN MISHRA, FROM STIGMA TO ACCEPTANCE: STATUS OF SINGLE – PARENT ADOPTION IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (11) OF 2025, PG. 542-546, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

Abstract

Adoption is a heartfelt act of love and humanity, it gives a child who has been abandoned or deprived of basic family setting due to any reason, a nurturing home . It also allows a couple who’s deprived of having biological children to experience the joy of raising a child as their own. Though adoption is usually associated with married couple, an individual can also go for adoption and assume parental responsibility for a child. The article will explore the difficulties that single parents face when going for adoption encompassing legal restrictions and societal biases. The article with also try and explain the societal attitudes towards such adoptions . Additionally the recent amendments and cases that shaped the statutes in this matter will be discussed in order to give a better idea and understanding on status of single parent adoption in India.

Key words: Single parent, Adoption, Responsibility, Legal restrictions, Societal attitude