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Referral on the validity of the pre-2007 Family Code provision on children born out of wedlock under ECHR Article 8

Case Number ICCJ_172413
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the referral for a preliminary ruling on a question of law submitted by the Harghita District Court. The dispute concerned the continued applicability of the prior version of Article 55(1) of the Family Code (Law No. 4/1953), which governed the legal status of children born to unmarried parents, in light of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as interpreted by the Court of Strasbourg jurisprudence. The Court determined that the referral was procedurally inadmissible, thereby leaving the lower court to address the substantive civil matter without a binding interpretation from the supreme bench; no substantive ruling on the conflict between domestic family law and ECHR standards was issued in this specific decision.

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Art. 55 alin. (1) din Legea nr. 4/1953, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Referral on the validity of the pre-2007 Family Code provision on children born out of wedlock under ECHR Article 8: The dispute concerned the continued applicability of the prior version of Article 55(1) of the Family Code (Law No. 4/1953), which governed the legal status of children born to unmarried parents, in light of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as interpreted by the Court of Strasbourg jurisprudence. The Court determined that the referral was procedurally inadmissible, thereby leaving the lower court to address the substantive civil matter without a binding interpretation from the supreme bench; no substantive ruling on the conflict between domestic family law and ECHR standards was issued in this specific decision.

Keywords

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children's rights european Convention on Human Rights European legal status rulings determining validity matter in dispute preliminary decision

Cited Legislation

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Art. 55 alin. (1) din Legea nr. 4/1953
Art. 55 alin. (1) din Legea nr. 4/1953 - Codul familiei, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, în forma anterioară modificării intervenite prin Legea nr.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory binding nature of the court's decision.
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Decizia nr. 41/2021
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Decizia nr. 75/2017
Paternal recognition of child born before 2011 Civil Code: non-retroactivity of imprescriptibility rule and preclusion of statutory interpretation request

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory binding nature of the court's decision.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta Deciziei nr. 41 Dosar nr. 636/1/2021

Şedinţa din 7 iunie 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Harghita – Secţia civilă, în dosarul nr. 4184/258/2018, privind pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

Art. 55 alin. (1) din Legea nr. 4/1953 - Codul familiei, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, în forma anterioară modificării intervenite prin Legea nr. 288/2007 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 4/1953 - Codul familiei, îşi menţine aplicabilitatea, având în vedere art. 8 din Convenţia pentru apărarea drepturilor omului şi a libertăţilor fundamentale, interpretat în lumina jurisprudenţei Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului?

Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 7 iunie 2020.