"An appeals court has ordered Italy to recognize a German adoption that gives a 4-year-old child one mother and two “fathers” as his legal parents, the first such ruling of its kind in Italy."
"On May 12, Italy’s Court of Appeal in Bari made public a decree ruled on January 21, 2026, according to which a German adoption involving a child born to a woman and later adopted by the “husband” of the biological father must be recognized under Italian law." FULL STORY at above link.