LVAT, 27 December 2016
Summary:
On 27 December 2016, a panel of judges of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (LVAT) raised the issue of whether the criteria for granting residence permits (such as family reunification and recognition of partnership) comply with the Constitution where certain forms of family (for example, same-sex partnerships) are excluded from the legal framework.
📌 Practical significance: the discussion continues regarding the application of EU-law and constitutional guarantees in family reunification cases.
🔗 More: LVAT: constitutional issues concerning the right to family reunification (lvat.lt).
