With regard to the parent–child relationship, it clearly excluded that cohabitation can be considered a conditio sine qua non for the existence of family life between parents and children, “since from the moment of a child’s birth, and by that very fact alone, there exists between him/her and his or her parents a bond amounting to family life, even if the parents do not live together.”
Consequently, the Court held that “the father’s exercise of visiting rights and his financial contribution to the child’s upbringing” are sufficient elements to establish the existence of family life.
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