Questione giuridica chiave
Whether X. qualified as a foster child under § 230 StG for inheritance tax class 1
Decisione estratta
Yes. The court held that the decisive factor was the actual, long-standing foster relationship, not a formal prior administrative approval.
Motivazione estratta
The wording of the statute was not clear enough to require a formal approval. The purpose of the provision was to privilege close personal relationships created by real care and upbringing. Under the older foster-child regime, approval had no constitutive effect; the authorities had also treated the relationship as a foster arrangement for years. Denying the status solely for lack of approval would be overly formalistic.