Sporer v. Austria, 3 February 2011: “Custody rights of a father with respect to his child born outside marriage, in Austria”.

·         applicant’s allegations that he was not given an adequate hearing, in person, by the domestic courts (Art. 6 § 1 ECHR) – [no violation].

·         initial award of custody of the applicant’s child, born outside marriage, to the mother (Art. 8 ECHR + Art. 14 ECHR) – [no violation].

·         Difficulties in attributing to the applicant joint or sole custody of his child, born outside marriage (Art. 8 ECHR + Art. 14 ECHR) – [violation].

See also 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. Netherlands, 1st June 2004; Zawadka v. Poland, 23 June 2005; Bove v. Italy, 30 June 2005; Reigado Ramos v. Portugal, 22 November 2005; Adam v. Germany, 4 December 2008; Zaunegger v. Germany, 3 December 2009; Döring v. Germany, 8 July 2010; Anayo v. Germany, 21 December 2010.