Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the appellant was entitled to renewal of his residence permit based on family life with his daughter despite the sham marriage.
Decisione estratta
No. The relationship with the child was not exceptionally close in economic and emotional terms, and the appellant lacked the required impeccable conduct because he had relied on a sham marriage.
Motivazione estratta
A non-custodial foreign parent may obtain a permit only exceptionally where the child relationship is particularly close, cannot reasonably be maintained abroad, and the person's conduct is irreproachable. The weekly visits and maintenance payments showed only an ordinary parent-child relationship, and the sham marriage constituted an abuse of public order.