Adoption by the state meant that she was emancipated from her uncles, which later became an issue to them because Suzanne wanted to marry a Dutchman called Jean-François De Witt who was debt-ridden.
She was emancipated from her uncles. This was what Adoption by the state meant. Her uncles later became an issue to them. Suzanne wanted to marry a Dutchman called Jean-François De Witt. This François De Witt was debt-ridden.