Swiss Civil Code

The pro­vi­sions of the amend­ment of 17 June 2016 on the con­fid­en­ti­al­ity of ad­op­tion in­form­a­tion, on in­form­a­tion about the bio­lo­gic­al par­ents and their dir­ect des­cend­ants and on the pos­sib­il­ity of ar­ran­ging con­tact between the bio­lo­gic­al par­ents and the child also ap­ply to ad­op­tions which are gran­ted pri­or to the amend­ment com­ing in­to force or which are pending at the time it comes in­to force.