Judgment, 25 November 1987.
The Court held unconstitutional Article 20 of the Preliminary Dispositions of the Civil Code, which provide that relations between a parent and child who are nationals of different countries are governed by the national law of the father if he is known and acknowledges paternity. It ruled that this Article violated Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 29, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, which mandate equality of the sexes and equality of spouses, respectively.
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