PIL instrument(s)
Maintenance Regulation
Case number and/or case name
Virtudes vs. Heraclio.Roj: SAP B 7594/2013 - ECLI:ES:APB:2013:7594
Details of the court
Spain, Second Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Maintenance Regulation
Article 22
Date of the judgement
18 July 2013
Appeal history
None
CJEU's case law cited by the court
None
Summary
The following proceedings have to do with a divorce case in Spain and a maintenance dispute on the basis of Maintenance Regulation (Brussels III) provisions The matter of the case is a claim based on unofficial fatherhood. The father requests a reduction of his child alimony. Court decision: the second instance Spanish court decides that child alimony must not be reduced and that unofficial fatherhood is irrelevant in order to decide on maintenance obligations. The court cites art. 22 of Maintenance Regulation in order to decide. The court makes an effective interpretation of Brussels III Regulation provisions on the recognition of the family relationship and parentage. Appeal history (not available in the database). Court decision: Juzgado Violencia sobre la Mujer 1 Barcelona (Spain). (First instance) Date: 21-06-2012

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