Communicated on 13 February 2020 Published on 2 March 2020

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 41861/19 Florin IONEL against Romania lodged on 30 July 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns non-enforcement of several court orders setting the contact schedule between the applicant and his child. Following the couple ’ s divorce, the parents shared parental responsibility, the mother was awarded custody of the child, and the applicant was granted contact rights. According to the applicant, the mother opposed in practice any contact between father and son.

The applicant complains that the domestic authorities failed to assist him in his efforts to see his child.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

Has there been a violation of the applicant ’ s right to respect for his f amily life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention?

In particular, have the authorities (bailiff ’ s office, police, and domestic courts) provided sufficient assistance to the applicant for the enforcement of the court decisions granting him contact rights with his child, in particular, decision no. 7952 of 4 July 2017, of the Bucharest District Court Precinct 2?