Questão jurídica principal
Whether the marriage performed by the Norwegian embassy in Paris had to be recognized in Switzerland under Art. 7f NAG.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The marriage was to be recognized because it was concluded abroad under the applicable foreign law, there was no indication of evasion of Swiss nullity rules, and France’s later restrictive view could not defeat the good-faith reliance on its earlier official position.
Fundamentação extraída
Norway authorized its diplomatic representatives to celebrate marriages. The decisive issue was whether France, as host state, objected. The court considered the official French diplomatic notes and held that the 1965 position, relied on by the Norwegian mission, allowed such marriages, while the later 1974 note did not sufficiently undermine the earlier official assurance for this identical case. Good faith protected the spouses and the embassy.