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1 BvL 1/11, Constitutional Court of Germany (19 February 2013)

Banning second parent adoption by a same-sex registered partner is a violation of the right of equal treatment. 1 BvL 1/11, Constitutional Court of Germany (19 February 2013) (Full text of judgment in German, DOC)

1 BvL 16/11, Federal Constitutional Court, Germany (18 July 2012)

In the event of a “divorce,” registered partners should have the same land transfer tax benefits as married couples. The Court gave the legislature a time frame to revise the regulations in order to apply retroactively. 1 BvL 16/11, Constitutional Court of Germany (18 July 2012), (Full text of Judgment in German, URL)