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7 B 77/10, 7 B 77/10 (7 C 9/11) AI generated

Church membership withdrawal: validity of additional statements and constitutional interpretation requirements

Case Number 7 B 77/10, 7 B 77/10 (7 C 9/11)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) allowed the defendant's complaint against the lower court's refusal to grant leave for appeal, finding that the case involves a question of fundamental legal significance and ordering the case to proceed to the appellate review. The dispute concerned the validity of a church membership withdrawal declaration challenged for containing an impermissible addition, raising the issue of which requirements apply when determining the unconstitutionality of such additions under a conforming interpretation. The decisive legal basis was Section 132(2) No. 1 of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO), specifically regarding the criterion of fundamental significance for admitting revision.

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Church membership withdrawal: validity of additional statements and constitutional interpretation requirements: The dispute concerned the validity of a church membership withdrawal declaration challenged for containing an impermissible addition, raising the issue of which requirements apply when determining the unconstitutionality of such additions under a conforming interpretation. The decisive legal basis was Section 132(2) No. 1 of the Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO), specifically regarding the criterion of fundamental significance for admitting revision.

Keywords

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constitutional requirement declaration of validity membership protestant church law freedom of faith and conscience right of rescission

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
Cited in the decision to justify the admissibility of the revision on the grounds of fundamental legal significance.
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I B 146/11
Constitutional validity of deriving Evangelical church tax liability from baptism and residence despite subsequent church exit
6 C 7/12
Validity of conditional church exit declarations limited to the public-law corporation status under the Church Tax Act
2 BvR 1140/15
Insufficient substantiation of church self-determination limits in dismissal following revocation of canonical mandate
V ZR 156/12
Validity of church law integrating a registered association into a public-law religious corporation and terminating its legal existence
2 BvR 328/16
Exhaustion of internal religious discipline procedures and judicial protection for expulsion from a religious community

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

Cited in the decision to justify the admissibility of the revision on the grounds of fundamental legal significance.

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Kirchenaustrittserklärung

[GRUENDE]

Die Beschwerde des Beigeladenen gegen die Nichtzulassung der Revision ist begründet. Die Revision ist wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO) zuzulassen. In einem Revisionsverfahren kann voraussichtlich die Frage geklärt werden, welche Anforderungen bei einer verfassungskonformen Auslegung an die Annahme eines unzulässigen Zusatzes bei einer Kirchenaustrittserklärung zu stellen sind.