{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:679","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Conditions for Approval","number":"679","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/679/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 10. - Filiation","section":"Section 6. - Adoption","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Adoption may not take place unless there are good reasons for it and unless it offers advantages for the adopted person which cannot be achieved by making any other order, the best interests of the child shall always be the guiding principle for approval of a contract of adoption by the Court.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/679/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":189,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/189/?article=679&paragraph=lead#article-679-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}