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This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article�44���2 of the Convention. It is subject to editorial revision.
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Mr G. Ress, President , Mr M. Pellonp��, Mr I. Cabral Barreto, Mr V. Butkevych, Mrs N. Vajic, Mr J. Hedigan, Mrs S. Botoucharova, judges , and of Mr V. Berger, Section Registrar ,
The first applicant ("the applicant father") is the adopted son of the second applicant ("the applicant grandfather"). The applicants are Finnish nationals, born in 1965 and 1928 respectively. They are residents of the municipality of M., Finland. They were represented before the Commission by Ms A. Suomela of the Society for Family Rights in Finland ( Perheen Suojelun Keskusliitto PESUE r.y.) . The applicants' application was introduced on 7 September 1994 and was registered on 14 November 1994 under file no. 25651/94.
The Government, represented by Mr A. Kosonen, Co-Agent, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, submitted their observations on 7 January 1997, to which the applicants replied on 24 April 1997.
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