The Czech Constitutional Court rejected the proposal of a lower court which would have brought registered partnerships closer to the level of marriage.

The district court proposed annulling a Civil Code passage that generally stipulates which areas of rights and obligations related to marriage also apply to registered partnerships. The adoption of the child of a registered partner, which was primarily the subject of the proposal, is not among these rights.

The constitutional judges were not united in their opinion on the case. Most of them agreed that the proposal should concern more concrete parts of the Civil Code that concern adoption and do not mention registered partners.