The few ad hoc amendments made thus far to the Adoption of Children Ordinance of Sri Lanka is an eighty-year-old colonial statute have proved inadequate to efficiently address illegal baby farming and trafficking of children in the country. It also falls short of internationally recognized standards and norms regarding adoption of children, denying many children several rights they are entitled to as vulnerable human beings. The article stresses the need to relocate the adoption law within a childrights-centered framework. Aiming to strike a balance between human rights issues, psychological and psychosocial issues, and issues relative to child-rights governance, it proposes substantive and procedural changes and lists out guidelines for judicial and other officers involved in adoption processes to protect the rights of the child.