On Thursday 15 December, the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed that under Community law, no difference could be made between the children and stepchildren of a cross-frontier worker, as long as the latter has contributed to the children’s maintenance
The key question the Court had to answer (C-401/15 to C-403/15) involved the way in which the parent-child relationship is defined and whether this should not be defined in legal or in economic terms. The decision to follow the...