Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellant had a statutory claim to a settlement permit under Art. 7 ANAG despite the marital breakup.
Decisão extraída
A basic entitlement existed in principle because the marriage had lasted more than five years, but the entitlement could not be enforced where reliance on the marriage was abusive.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the marriage had definitively failed before the five-year period elapsed and no realistic prospect of resuming the marital community remained; therefore invocation of the still-formal marriage was abusive.