Slovenia: Marriage and joint adoption now available for same sex couples, says Constitutional Court!

On 8 July 2022 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia issued a press release stating that in two decisions of 16 June 2022 the Court declared the prohibition of marriage and joint adoption for same sex couples unconstitutional!

It set a six-month deadline for the legislator to eliminate the established constitutional discrepancy. It also decided that until the found unconstitutionality is eliminated, it is considered that (i) a marriage is a life union of two persons regardless of gender and that (ii) same-sex partners living in a partnership can jointly adopt a child under the same conditions as spouses.

The press release in Slovenian is available here: https://www.us-rs.si/tiskovno-sporocilo/.