Section 104: Restriction on the making of fostering order

(1) A fostering order shall not be made by the Court unless-
(a) the application or, in the case of a joint application, each of the applicants is not less than twenty-five years old and is at least twenty-one years older than the child to be fostered;
(b) the applicant and the child are resident in the same State;
(c) the applicant is a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) the applicant has the means to maintain the child;
(e) the applicant is a person of unquestionable integrity; and
(f) the applicant is certified by a medical officer to be physically and mentally fit.
(2) A fostering order shall not be made in favour of a sole applicant who is unmarried, unless the applicant has attained the age of thirty-five years and the child to be fostered is of the same sex as the applicant.