Communicated on 8 October 2019
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 39717/19
E.H.
against Norway
lodged on 10 July 2019
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns deprivation of the applicant’s parental responsibilities in respect of his son – who was born in 2015 and who had been in foster care since then – and to authorise his son’s adoption by the foster parents.
A decision to that effect was first taken by the County Social Welfare Board (fylkesnemnda for barnevern og sosiale saker) on 11 January 2018.
On 5 July 2018 the decision was upheld by the City Court (tingrett).
On 22 November 2018 the High Court (lagmannsrett) refused the parents – the applicant and the child’s mother – leave to appeal against the City Court’s judgment.
On 28 January 2019 the Supreme Court’s Appeals Leave Committee (Høyesteretts ankeutvalg) dismissed the parents’ appeal against the High Court’s decision.
Relying on Article 8 of the Convention, the applicant submits that the above decision entailed an unnecessary interference with the right to respect for family life.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention? (See, for instance, Strand Lobben and Others v. Norway [GC], no. 37283/13, 10 September 2019).
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