Adoption in Spain and National Law of the Adopting

Abstract

Spanish law only offers two possible solutions to the citizens which constitute a Kafala on an Islamic country: the recognition, without more pretensions, through article 34 LAI or the creation of a new adoption in Spain in accordance with Spanish law. Now, article 19.4 LAI prevents the adoption when the adopted national law prohibits it or do not regulate it, what happens in most of the Muslim States. It corresponds to the Spanish courts interpret the meaning of this prohibition, taking account of the circumstances of the specific case and in particular to the degree of integration of the child in our country, along with the possibilities of that constitute a claudicator adoption.