Question juridique clé
Whether the appeal response had to be served on the father before the appellate decision
Solution extraite
Yes. Failing to communicate the response before the decision violated the right to be heard and the right to a fair trial.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 29(2) BV and Art. 6(1) ECHR, parties must be able to know and comment on every filing submitted to the court; the content's apparent repetitiveness or lack of new facts is irrelevant. The defect could not be cured in this constitutional complaint.