Key legal question
Whether the refusal of adult adoption under Art. 266 Abs. 1 Ziff. 3 ZGB was unlawful
Extracted holding
The personal relationship and joint farming of the household were not sufficient important reasons for adult adoption.
Extracted reasoning
Adult adoption is an exceptional institute to be construed restrictively; no additional strongly binding elements such as a long-term intensive care relationship were shown, and the alleged economic motive supported the refusal.