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David Hodson on International Family Law: Marital eroticism on marital separation
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The draft 'financial remedies' consent order authorised for the English family courts has perhaps unsurprisingly not included provisions which were an issue recently before the German family courts and is probably a concern to more clients than family lawyers worldwide realise.
In essence what happens on separation to intimate photographs taken during the marriage? The decision of the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz concerning a couple from the Lahn-Dill region of Hesse in central Germany may help family court judges and lawyers around the world
The court held that ex-lovers including of course separating spouses should on request delete intimate or nude photos and videos taken of their former partners when a relationship ends. The court ruled that one person’s right of privacy outweighed another person’s ownership rights to intimate photos taken during the relationship.
In the case the woman had given her consent to her partner a...
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