Communicated on 8 October 2019

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 14301/19 A.G . against Norway lodged on 1 March 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns contact rights for the applicant father in respect of his four children, who are in foster care. The children are born in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively.

On 20 September 2017 the County Social Welfare Board ( fylkesnemnda for barnevern og sosiale saker ) decided that the applicant should not be allowed contact with his children, including contact by telephone or via the Internet.

On 1 March 2018 the City Court ( tingrett ) upheld the Board ’ s decision.

On 7 June 2018 the High Court ( lagmannsrett ) refused the applicant leave to appeal against the City Court ’ s judgment.

On 30 August 2018 the Supreme Court ’ s Appeals Leave Committee ( Høyesteretts ankeutvalg ) dismissed the applicant ’ s appeal against the High Court ’ s decision.

Relying on Article 8 of the Convention, the applicant maintains that refusing contact between him and his children entailed a disproportionate interference with the right to respect for family life.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Has there been a violation of the applicant ’ s right to respect for his family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention? (See, for example, Strand Lobben and Others v. Norway [GC], no. 37283/13, 10 September 2019.)