Title 6

For the application of this title, the 1993 Hague Adoption Convention is understood to mean: the convention concluded at The Hague on 29 May 1993 on…

Without prejudice to the 1993 Hague Adoption Convention, the Act of 14 May 1998 implementing the Convention on Protection of Children and…

Subject to paragraph 2, Dutch law is applicable to an adoption to be pronounced in the Netherlands.

An adoption pronounced in the Netherlands has, with regard to the establishment and the severance of family law relationships, the legal consequences…

This section relates to adoptions to which the Hague Adoption Convention 1993 does not apply.

A decision given abroad by which an adoption has been established, is recognised by operation of law in the Netherlands if it has been pronounced by:

A decision given abroad by which an adoption has been effected and which has been rendered by a locally competent authority of the state where the…

The recognition, referred to in Articles 108 and 109 of this Book, also entails the recognition of:

In the case referred to in Article 110 paragraph 2 of this Book, if the child has its habitual residence in the Netherlands and has been admitted…

This title applies to petitions for adoption that have been filed in the Netherlands on or after 1 January 2004 and to the recognition of adoptions…