Supreme Court held Finnish court had jurisdiction over maintenance claim against foreign resident against foreign national.

The Supreme Court confirmed that the Finnish court retained jurisdiction to examine a maintenance claim filed by a resident Russian child against a Russian father living abroad. The applicant argued that Finnish law applied to the child's residence, while the respondent contended that jurisdiction belonged to the father's country of residence. The court ruled that the child's habitual residence in Finland established Finnish jurisdiction despite the father's foreign status and location.