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Policy Document

Law on the Adoption of Children and the Amendment of other Legal Provisions (Adoption Law) (from 1945-1990: West Germany)

Year

1977

Country

Germany

Topic

Migration

Subtopic

Naturalisation & Citizenship

Keywords

Access to citizenship Rights of migrants

Main implications

Children of foreign nationality who were adopted by a German citizen automatically became German citizens.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Children of foreign nationality who were adopted by a German citizen.

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Bundesgesetzblatt 1976 I: 1749.

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav

Author

Nora Sánchez-Gassen
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Data collected in the framework of the Population and Policy Database

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2012): Policy: "Law on the Adoption of Children and the Amendment of other Legal Provisions (Adoption Law) (from 1945-1990: West Germany)" (Information provided by Nora Sánchez-Gassen). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].