Question juridique clé
Whether the residence permit could be denied renewal because the marriage was used in a rights-abusive way
Solution extraite
The appellant’s reliance on the marriage was abusive because the courts could infer that no genuine marital community had ever been intended or lived.
Motifs extraits
The record contained sufficient indicators of a sham marriage: the appellant would not have obtained a permit without the marriage, there was a large age gap and care dependency, no marital cohabitation had been established, and the spouses made contradictory statements about key aspects of their relationship.