Key legal question
Whether the respondent was entitled to a settlement permit under Art. 7(1) LSEE despite the marital breakdown.
Extracted holding
No entitlement existed because, by the relevant date, the marriage was only formally maintained and the right under Art. 7(1) LSEE was being invoked abusively.
Extracted reasoning
The court found concrete indicators that no genuine marital life remained and that a real resumption of cohabitation was no longer plausible; subjective hope of reconciliation alone was insufficient.