Slovakia Sued for Refusing to Register Austrian Same-Sex Marriages

Two couples married in Austria are suing Slovakia after it refused to list their marriages in its official civil register. Ivan Novotný and Metod Špaček married in 2020; Marián Žáry Kukelka and his partner in 2023. Slovakia has neither same-sex marriage nor registered partnership. The cases will test Bratislava's duty under the EU court's November 2025 rule on recognizing marriages.