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New child support ECHR judgment - J M v the United Kingdom
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holds that lesbian absent parent was discriminated against on grounds of sexuality (in being assessed to pay more child support than would have been the case if she’d been heterosexual) and no justification for discrimination. also confirms that enforcement of obligation to pay child maintenance comes within article 1 of protocol 1 of european convention on human rights (right to enjoyment of possesions).
case based on assessment prior to civil partnership act 2004.
cheers ros
summary from the guardian too ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/sep/30/child-maintenance-civil-partnerships