Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ Ad­op­tions pro­nounced abroad are re­cog­nised in Switzer­land if they were pro­nounced in the state of dom­i­cile or the state of cit­izen­ship of the ad­opt­ing per­son or ad­opt­ing spouses.

² Ad­op­tions and sim­il­ar acts pro­nounced abroad that have ef­fects sub­stan­tially dif­fer­ent from a par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship un­der Swiss law are re­cog­nised in Switzer­land only with the ef­fects that are at­tached to them in the state where they were pro­nounced.