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• The role of de facto separation in the divorce law of EU Member States

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  Edit Hadházi

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  De facto separation (means spouses are living apart) as the most spectacular sign of the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage is a legally relevant fact in the (national) divorce law of the most European Union Member States. However, there are notable differences in the regulatory methods used and how much importance is attached to it. There are Member States where the quantity and quality of the separation is regulated at the legislative level, either as an explicit precondition for divorce or as a legal circumstance orienting the judge, and there are Member States where separation plays a role solely or mostly in the process of the application of the law. My hypothesis is that the fact of separation is such a common intersection of the divorce law of the EU Member States that the legal attitudes taken by them in this regard require a comparative analysis of the law. The aim of this paper is to examine that how the EU Member States incorporate the fact of separation into their divorce law, to classify the regulation methods ’from legislation to application', and to draw the final conclusions in a summary.

• Dad Is There Only One?The Family Law Safety Net Of The Father Who Wrongly Claims The Child As His Own

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  Nelli Varga

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  Parentage is an integral part of our identity, and the parent-child relationship is one of the most crucial social relationships in our lives. The putative father believes for a certain period of time that a child who is not his own is in fact his own, and however brief this period may be, it is likely that a kind of conscious and emotional bond will develop between him and the child. If such a knowledge, which is the basis of our self-esteem, of our origin, is mistakenly thought of and we are confronted with it overnight, it will certainly lead to a traumatic experience, to a damage to our identity.

  In the present study, we will attempt to compare the historical facts described with the relevant legal fact(s), by taking the skin of a law enforcer. How can family law react when "the apple falls far from the tree"? We start from the premise that the historical facts present us primarily with a family conflict, so that it would be logical to invoke the protection of family law. However, the question arises as to whether family law alone can fully compensate the alleged father for the harm to his interests described, or whether other areas of law may have to be activated to do so.