No legal bond between an unmarried mother and her child resulted from the mere fact of birth - To create the bond, the mother had either to recognise maternity in specific proceedings or to adopt the child - Violation of Article 8 and 14
Dissenting / Concurring: Balladore Pallieri, Pedersen, Ganshof Van Der Meersch, Evrigenis, Garcia de Enterria, O’donoghue, Thór Vilhjálmsson, Gerald Fitzmaurice, D. Bindschedler-Robert, F. Matscher, J. Pinheiro Farinha