May One Give Zakat To Adopted (Cared) Children?

May one give zakat to adopted (cared) children?

Although caring and protecting abandoned children are advised in our religion, adoption that will bear legal consequences is not accepted (Ahzab, 33/4-5). In this regard, adoption does not create an ascendant-descendant relation between the adopting and the adopted. For this reason, a person may give zakat to a child, with the condition of being poor, whom s/he cares voluntarily and is not from his/her own lineage.

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA