35 MARCKX v. BELGIUM JUDGMENT PARTLY DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE THÓR VILHJÁLMSSON that there was in fact a family life between Alexandra and her grandmother, her aunt or any other of her mother’s relatives. If that had been so, little Alexandra would have been entitled to respect for that family life under Article 8 (art. 8). The situation would have been the same if Alexandra had been living with, for example, a married couple in no way related to her by blood. I fail to find an obligation to have special legal rules on the relationship between a child born out of wedlock and his mother’s relatives. It also seems to me that the practical consequences of such rules would be minimal, apart from the financial implications that are dealt with in paragraph 5 below. 5. On the patrimonial rights relied on by the applicants This question is dealt with under items 8 to 15 of the operative provisions of the judgment. I voted with the minority on items 10 and 12. In my opinion, a comparative interpretation of Article 8 (art. 8) of the Convention on the one hand and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (P1-1) on the other shows that Article 8 (art. 8) does not deal with the financial side of the relationship between the two applicants. The drafting history of these two provisions bears this out. As I see it, this leads to the conclusion that there was no breach either of Article 8 (art. 8) taken alone or of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8 (art. 14+8) as regards the Belgian legal rules concerning the patrimonial rights relied on by the applicants.

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