Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

The Qualification and Recognition of Kafalah as Adoption

by Ibtissam Rebbik

Question(s) at stake

Whether (a Moroccan) kafalah can be qualified as adoption under Dutch law.

Outcome of the ruling

A Moroccan kafalah cannot be qualified as an adoption under Dutch law and therefore cannot be recognized as such.

Country:

Netherlands

Official citation

District Court Utrecht, Judgement of 5 October 2005, 192066/FA RK 05-1255 (Rechtbank Utrecht, 5 oktober 2005)

ECLI:NL:RBUTR:2005:AU8343

Topic(s)

Keywords:

Foreign decisions/judgments Kafalah Parenthood Recognition Adoption Custody

Tag(s):

Classification Kafalah

Bibliographic information

Rebbik, Ibtissam (2024): The Qualification and Recognition of Kafalah as Adoption, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany, CUREDI089NL002, https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI089NL002.

About the authors

Ibtissam Rebbik (Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Netherlands)