A couple’s adoption journey, which began with happily welcoming a child, took an unexpected turn when they had to surrender the baby they had grown attached to after the woman struggled to cope with the death of a loved one.

With the woman now having recovered and been assessed as fit to care for the child and herself by a psychiatrist, the couple sought another chance to care for the child. Allowing the couple a second chance, the Bombay High Court has restored the child’s pre-adoption foster care to them, subject to safeguards to protect his welfare.

Noting that the child had developed a bond with the couple, Justice Ashwin D Bhobe observed that the man had decided to surrender the child’s custody out of concern for his welfare, as the woman was going through a “difficult phase” in life.…