Swiss Civil Code

¹ A minor child may be ad­op­ted if the per­sons wish­ing to ad­opt have raised and cared for the child for at least one year and provided the gen­er­al cir­cum­stances sug­gest that es­tab­lish­ing a par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship would be in the child’s best in­terests without be­ing un­fair for any oth­er chil­dren of the ad­opt­ive par­ents.

² Ad­op­tion is only pos­sible, if the per­sons wish­ing to ad­opt the child are able to provide for the child up to the child’s ma­jor­ity on the basis of their age and their per­son­al cir­cum­stances.