Volume IV: Persons and Family | Chapter 10 (1998): The Family in Post-Socialist Countries
A. Historical Development
290. Soviet law. – In the first socialist state the idea of adoption was not immediately considered. The rsfsr Family Code of 16 Sept. 1918 made no provision for adoption. This legal policy was justified by the struggle against the exploitation of children in rich peasant (kulak) families.1 Adoption was first regulated by the rsfsr Family Code of 1 March 1926…
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Marko Mladenović,
Marina Janjić-Komar and
Christa Jessel-Holst,
“IV. Adoption”, in:
International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Online, Edited by: U. Drobnig, R. David, H. H. Egawa, R. Graveson, V. Knapp, A. T. Von Mehren, Y. Noda, S. Rozmaryn, V. M. Tschchikvadze, H. Valladão, H. Yntema, K. Zweigert.
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