Swiss Civil Code

¹ In­form­a­tion about the bio­lo­gic­al par­ents, their dir­ect des­cend­ants and the child may be ob­tained from the can­ton­al au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for the ad­op­tion pro­ced­ure.

² The au­thor­ity shall in­form the per­son re­ferred to in the re­quest for in­form­a­tion about the re­quest and, where ne­ces­sary, ob­tain his or her con­sent to con­tact the per­son re­quest­ing in­form­a­tion. The au­thor­ity may del­eg­ate these tasks to a spe­cial­ised tra­cing ser­vice.

³ If the per­son re­ferred to in the re­quest for in­form­a­tion re­fuses to make per­son­al con­tact, the au­thor­ity or the au­thor­ised tra­cing ser­vice shall in­form the per­son re­quest­ing in­form­a­tion and draw his or her at­ten­tion to the per­son­al rights of the per­son re­ferred to in the re­quest for in­form­a­tion.

⁴ The can­tons shall des­ig­nate a body to provide ad­vice to the bio­lo­gic­al par­ents, their dir­ect des­cend­ants or the child on re­quest.