Adoptive mother gets respite at CoA

Court of Appeal (CoA) Judge President Ian Kirby granted Deborah Jan Kirsten-Mey reprieve after giving her a chance at reversing a High Court decision that barred her from having access to her adoptive child.

Kirsten-Mey lost the care of her adoptive child Aobakwe Angel Kirsten (also known as Kristy) in 2012 following an order by the Lobatse High Court Judge Tebogo Tau. The CoA decision came to the aid of Kirsten-Mey when it granted her leave to appeal the ruling and also allowed her to appeal out of time. Both parties are to bear their own costs of the application.