Key legal question
Whether the adopted nephew had a right to family reunification under Art. 42 AuG.
Extracted holding
Although the adoption and the reunification deadline were complied with, the entitlement was lost because the request was made abusively to circumvent immigration rules.
Extracted reasoning
The court found that the adoption served primarily to improve the child's future prospects rather than to reunite a genuine family unit in Switzerland. This constituted an abusive circumvention adoption under Art. 51(1)(a) AuG.