Question juridique clé
Whether the adoption annulment action was filed in time or could benefit from restitution of the filing period.
Solution extraite
The action was time-barred; even assuming restitution was possible, the parents did not act with the required promptness after learning the relevant fact.
Motifs extraits
The decisive fact was known in September 2005. An applicant must act as quickly as possible once the cause of delay ends, ordinarily within about a month absent special circumstances. Filing in 2006 in Rwanda or in 2007 in Switzerland was far too late.