Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had a right to renewal of the residence permit based on family life with his daughter under Art. 8 ECHR and Art. 13 BV.
Solution extraite
No exceptional right arose because neither a sufficiently intense emotional relationship nor a sufficiently strong economic relationship was shown, and his conduct in Switzerland was not exemplary.
Motifs extraits
The court reiterated that a non-custodial parent may rely on family life only exceptionally, where a particularly close and continuously exercised relationship exists, combined with a practically impossible exercise of contact from abroad and faultless conduct. The findings showed minimal contact, no effective enforcement efforts, no regular maintenance payments, significant debts, and criminal conduct.