“…[‘ECtHR’] authority establishing that ‘very weighty reasons’ must be advanced to justify a distinction based upon a person’s birth status [Fabris v France [GC] (2013) 57 EHRR 19; Wolter and Sarfert v Germany (2018) 66 EHRR 13] or marital status [Sahin v Germany [GC] [2003] 2 FLR 671; Sommerfield v Germany [GC] (2004) 38 EHRR 35]. Ms Ga…”
“…While many of these cases have involved welfare benefits, Fabris v France (2013) 57 EHRR 19 did not. The applicant in that case complained that, as a child “born of adultery”, he was denied a right to inherit property under French law which he would h…”