A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy, originally adopted in Indonesia by an Irishman and his wife, remains in legal limbo this weekend as officials in Dublin and Jakarta continue their efforts to resolve the matter.

IT was straight to the photographers’ studio for the Dowse family when, after years of trying for a baby, they adopted a gorgeous two-month-old boy.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs was aware that three-year-old Tristan Dowse was left in an orphanage by his family a year ago, however the investigation into the legality of the adoption only began last week.

AT the Immanuel orphanage where he was left with some clothes and a small box of toys, three-year-old Tristan Dowes is known as “the Irish boy”.