Bove v. Italy, 30 June 2005: “Father's custody of, and right of access to, his daughter born out of wedlock in Italy”

·         refusal to award custody of the child to the applicant (Article 8 of the ECHR) – [no violation].

·         difficulty for the applicant to exercise his right of access (Article 8 of the ECHR) – [violation].


Also see the cases of Elsholz v. Germany, 13 July 2000, Hoffmann v. Germany, 11 October 2001, Sahin v. Germany, 8 July 2003, Sommerfeld v. Germany, 8 July 2003, Görgülü v. Germany, 26 February 2004, Lebbink v. the Netherlands, 1 June 2004, and Zawadka v. Poland, 23 June 2005.