{"id":5562,"date":"2020-03-23T12:08:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:33:16","slug":"auslaenderrecht-kann-eine-wohl-missbraeuchlich-anerkannte-vaterschaft-durch-einen-deutschen-zu-einem-aufenthaltsrecht-einer-auslaendischen-unverheirateten-mutter-fuehren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/en\/immigration-law-can-a-paternity-recognized-likely-abusively-by-a-german-lead-to-a-right-of-residence-for-the-unmarried-foreign-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Law: Can a paternity recognized, likely abusively, by a German lead to a right of residence for the unmarried foreign mother?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Administrative Court of Appeal Munich, March 11, 2019, Case No. 19 BV 16.937<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marriages or kinship relationships between Germans and non-EU foreigners are sometimes only entered into in order to enable the foreigner to reside legally in Germany. The Residence Act (AufenthG) regulates when a foreigner is allowed to reside in Germany. Family reunification with Germans is possible under \u00a7 28 AufenthG, but can be refused in cases of abusive marriages or kinship relationships under \u00a7 27 Ia AufenthG. However, the Administrative Court of Appeal Munich (VGH M\u00fcnchen) ruled that the abusive recognition of paternity by a German does not constitute a case of \u00a7 27 Ia No. 1 AufenthG.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Facts of the Case:<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Plaintiff sued the immigration authority for the issuance of a residence permit due to a German child<\/span><\/h3>\n

In the present case, the question is whether the plaintiff, a Vietnamese national, has a claim to the issuance of a residence permit under \u00a7 28 I No. 3 AufenthG. The plaintiff has been residing in Germany without a right of residence since 2005. In 2006, she gives birth to a child whose father, a German national, had already recognized paternity before the birth. This leads to the child acquiring German nationality. In the following years, the plaintiff receives several temporary residence permits, until the immigration authority suspends the procedure due to doubts about the biological paternity.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Due to doubts about the biological paternity, this was challenged by the immigration authority<\/span><\/h3>\n

The doubts about the biological paternity prompt the authority to challenge the paternity. The plaintiff refuses a DNA test. Ultimately, the challenge is withdrawn because the decisive norm is unconstitutional. The plaintiff then applies for the reopening of the residence permit procedure and refers to \u00a7 28 I No. 3 AufenthG. She argues that the refusal ground pursuant to \u00a7 27 Ia AufenthG, which was introduced in the meantime, is not applicable, as it is not established that the kinship relationship was entered into solely for the purpose of obtaining a residence permit.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The initially called administrative court dismissed the lawsuit<\/span><\/h3>\n

The administrative court dismissed the lawsuit on March 24, 2016. It considers the refusal ground of \u00a7 27 Ia AufenthG to be fulfilled. The plaintiff appeals against this and requests that the judgment of the administrative court be overturned and that the immigration authority be obliged to issue her a residence permit.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The plaintiff then appeals<\/span><\/h3>\n

The immigration authority requests the dismissal of the lawsuit and refers to \u00a7 27 Ia No. 1 AufenthG, as it does not recognize the paternity of the German national W.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal Munich<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>VGH M\u00fcnchen obliged the immigration authority to naturalize the plaintiff<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Administrative Court of Appeal Munich grants the plaintiff\u2019s appeal, amends the judgment of the administrative court and obliges the immigration authority to issue the plaintiff a residence permit. The VGH finds that the requirements of \u00a7 28 I No. 3 AufenthG are met and that no other provisions stand in the way.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The court saw a regulatory gap and called on the legislator to take action<\/span><\/h3>\n

The VGH Munich analyzes whether \u00a7 27 Ia No. 1 AufenthG is applicable, which it denies. This norm aims to prevent abuse in the recognition of paternity in order to obtain a right of residence. The VGH finds that in cases like the present one, where the kinship relationship is not established by the recognition of paternity but by a lived mother-child relationship, it cannot be applied.<\/p>\n

The court explains that a direct or analogous application of the norm is not possible, as this would violate the principle that a recognition of paternity can only be disregarded if it has been successfully challenged. Moreover, there is a lack of an unintentional regulatory gap that could justify an analogous application.<\/p>\n

Since \u00a7 27 Ia No. 1 AufenthG is inapplicable to the constellation at issue, the VGH calls on the legislator to take action if he also wants to cover such cases.<\/p>\n

Source: VGH M\u00fcnchen<\/p>\n

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The provision of Section 27 para. 1a no. 1 AufenthG is not applicable in the case of abusive recognition of a foreign child by a German or a foreigner with a secure right of residence (with the aim that the child acquires German citizenship and its foreign mother receives a residence permit in accordance with Section 28 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 3 AufenthG).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2978],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auslaenderrecht-anwalt","tag-kann-ich-mit-deutschem-kind-ausgewiesen-werden"],"yoast_head":"\nAusl\u00e4nderrecht: Kann eine wohl missbr\u00e4uchlich anerkannte Vaterschaft durch einen Deutschen zu einem Aufenthaltsrecht einer ausl\u00e4ndischen unverheirateten Mutter f\u00fchren? - 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