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)