Wagner and J.M.W.L. v. Luxembourg (dec.)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 90

October 2006

Wagner and J.M.W.L. v. Luxembourg (dec.) - 76240/01

Decision 5.10.2006 [Section I]

Article 8

Article 8-1

Respect for family life

Refusal to grant authority to execute a foreign judgment authorising the full adoption of a minor by a single woman: admissible

A Peruvian court granted an order for the full adoption of a three-year-old child in favour of a single woman from Luxembourg. The child and its adoptive mother live together in Luxembourg but have been unable to have the court order declared enforceable. Their request to that effect was refused on the ground that Luxembourg law prohibited full adoption by single persons.

Admissible under Articles 6 (fair hearing) and 8, and under Article 8 taken in conjunction with Article 14.

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