Rome, March 21, 2025 (AFP) - Italy's top court rules single people can adopt children from abroad

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2025-03-21

Italy's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that single people can adopt children from abroad, a right in the Catholic country previously reserved by law for married couples. "The exclusion of single people from the international adoption of minors is unconstitutional", the Rome court said in a press release summing up the ruling. The decision was hailed "historic" by opposition parties in Italy, which has strong ties to the Vatican and whose fa......

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