NEKVEDAVCIUS v. GERMANY - 46165/99 - HEDEC

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 19 June 2003 as a Chamber composed of

�������� Mr���� I.CabralBarreto , President , �������� Mr���� G.Ress , �������� Mr���� P.Kūris , �������� Mr���� B.Zupančič , �������� Mr���� J.Hedigan , �������� Mrs�� M.Tsatsa-Nikolovska , �������� Mr���� K.Traja, judges , and Mr V.Berger , Section Registrar ,

The applicant, Christian Nekvedavicius, is a German and Lithuanian national, who was born in 1946 and lives in M�nster (Germany).

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

In mid-October 1994, the applicant started a relationship with L. They began living together in L.�s flat as from 11 January 1995 and planned to get married once the applicant would have obtained his divorce from his second wife. At the end of February 1995 it was confirmed that L. was pregnant. In March 1995 the relationship between the applicant and L. broke down and they ceased co-habiting.