In re A

Additional names

MZ v FZ

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Parental responsibility — Termination — Statute empowering courts to terminate parental responsibility of father if neither married to nor in civil partnership with mother at time of child’s birth — Whether statute discriminating against married mothers in enjoyment of Convention rights — Whether discrimination justified — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 4 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 4, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14

[2023] EWCA Civ 689; [2024] Fam 189; [2024] 2 WLR 655; [2024] 2 All ER 64; [2024] 1 FLR 1; [2023] WLR(D) 270, CA

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