Question juridique clé
Whether the residence permit could still be extended under Art. 42 and 49 AuG despite separation
Solution extraite
No. The statutory right requires a genuinely lived marital community and, for separate homes, important objective reasons while the common marital will continues; here the husband’s will was found to be merely pretended.
Motifs extraits
The couple no longer lived together, the wife was in a clinic, and the separation was caused mainly by the husband’s repeated physical and psychological violence. Because he did not take steps to change his behavior, he could not invoke Art. 49 AuG.