O v Maahanmuuttovirasto

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Citizenship — Right to reside — Third country national women lawfully residing in member state — Union citizen children born to women and former husbands — Women marrying third country national husbands — Husbands having no parental or financial responsibility for Union citizen step-children — Third country national children born to husbands and wives — Third country nationals applying for residence permits on basis of family reunification as husbands to sponsor wives and step-fathers to Union citizens — EU Treaty provision precluding national legislation which denied Union citizens genuine enjoyment of status — Whether principle applicable — Whether principle confined to blood relationships — Factors to be taken into account by national court — FEU Treaty, art 20FEU

[2013] Fam 203; [2013] 2 WLR 1093; [2013] All ER (EC) 563; [2012] WLR (D) 371, ECJ