In a kinship adoption, a child who is related to the adoptive parent—such as a niece, nephew, or grandchild—is adopted.
Unlike in a full adoption, this process terminates only the child’s familial relationship with both biological parents, but not with their other relatives.

Whether the adoptive parents are suitable and whether the child’s best interests can be ensured must be examined just as carefully as in a non-relative adoption.

The child’s best interests always take precedence. A parent-child relationship must be established through the adoption.

In cases of kinship up to the third degree, unlike in a full adoption, only the child’s kinship relationship with both biological parents is terminated, but not the relationship with the child’s other relatives.