The Appeal rights for the Extended Family Members of the EU Nationals are expected to be implemented by 28 March 2019

A non-EEA national will only be able to obtain retained right of residence once the divorce is granted legally, however the conditions for retaining right of residence will only be based until the commencement of divorce proceedings.

ECJ said 'member states must decide for themselves whether to recognise "private divorces", such as those performed in Sharia courts'.

EU citizens who move to the UK and later naturalise as British retain their free movement rights under EU law even though they have become British.

The reasoning is that the right of appeal is specifically a right of appeal against an EEA decision. The EEA appeal should focus on EEA law.

For non-EU parents who are living in the UK with children who are UK citizens (and also EU citizens), this judgment reaffirms the importance of respecting ‘the genuine enjoyment of the substance of rights of EU citizens’, which includes UK citizen children

Civil partnership dissolution, divorce or separation can leave non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals in a vulnerable position and it’s not always clear what their rights are to remain in the UK.