Key legal question
Whether the appeal against the cantonal judgment was admissible as a civil appeal regarding an adoption decided without the biological father's consent.
Extracted holding
No. Under the applicable law, an appeal lies only against refusal of adoption or waiver of consent under a different statutory ground; it is excluded where adoption was granted or consent was waived under Art. 265c Ziff. 1 ZGB.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Supreme Court held that the challenged decision fell outside the statutory appealable category, so ordinary civil appeal was unavailable.