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.
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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
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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.