Kernrechtsfrage
Whether future adoptive parents have standing to request a decision under Art. 265d ZGB waiving the biological parents' consent to adoption.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Prospective adoptive parents are entitled to trigger a decision on waiver of parental consent, and if the authority rejects that request, they also have standing to appeal.
Extrahierte Begründung
Standing to appeal follows from standing to apply. The court accepted the prevailing view in doctrine, while noting that not every person merely expressing an adoption wish may initiate official inquiries; at least the readily ascertainable substantive adoption requirements must be met, including a foster relationship of at least two years and the age requirements. Those conditions were evidently satisfied for Herr Z.