Communicated on 13 October 2016
FIFTH SECTION
Application no 14652/16
Dan Mikael HERNEHULT
against Norway
lodged on 10 March 2016
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The applicant is a Swedish national. In 2013, the applicant´s sons A, B and C were taken into public care. In 2015 the High Court partly upheld the decision by confirming the placement of B and C in public care. The High Court´s judgment was upheld by a final Supreme Court decision in 2015.
Complaints
The applicant complains under Article 8 of the Convention that his right to respect for his family life has been infringed through the domestic authorities’ decision to take B and C into public care and not to terminate the public care of B and C. The applicant further relies on Articles 8, 6, 10 and 13 of the Convention and complains that the domestic procedures were lengthy and unfair.
QUESTION
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention, through the authorities’ decision not to terminate the public care of B and C?
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