Decision of the Court of Grosseto of 3-9 April 2014

In its judgment No. 4184 of 2012, the Court of Cassation stated that, taking into account Article 12 of the ECHR as interpreted by the European Court of Human Right, same-sex marriage celebrated abroad is not to be regarded in Italy as not existing, or contrary to public order. On this basis, the Court of Grosseto further noted that nothing in Italian legislation prevented the transcription of a same-sex marriage celebrated in New York, with regard with the provisions concerning the applicable law, the form of the marriage, or the enforcement in Italy of the decisions of foreign authorities.