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Rh Both international law and the domestic law of many countries have affirmed the paramountcy of “the best interests of the child”. Similarly, section 18(4)(c) of the Child Care Act, which sets the best interests standard for the adoption of a child, provides that: “A children’s court to which application for an order of adoption is made … shall not grant the application unless it is satisfied― Rh