Landmark ruling by Supreme Administrative Court on same-sex marriages

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The Polish Supreme Administrative Court issued a landmark ruling on March 20, ordering the state to recognize same-sex marriages contracted abroad as valid within Poland's legal framework for couples who have already registered their partnerships in foreign jurisdictions.

Key Points

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[Mar 20, Poland's Supreme Administrative Court issued a landmark decision regarding same-sex marriages.
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The ruling requires Polish authorities to recognize foreign civil unions between two people of the opposite sex as legally equivalent in domestic law. This change is expected by March next year according to court proceedings scheduled for May.

Developments

[Mar 20] The Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) issued a landmark decision requiring Poland's civil registry office and courts in Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Lublin to recognize foreign same-sex unions.

[May next year - scheduled for May 2017] The Supreme Administrative Court will hold a hearing on the implementation of this decision. The court has set March as an intermediate deadline before issuing its final judgment in early spring, with enforcement expected by late April.

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