The applicant, Slavica Zrilić, is a Croatian national who was born in 1958 and lives in Vinkovci (Croatia). The case concerned Ms Zrilić’s complaint about the national courts’ decision to order the partition by judicial sale of the house she owned jointly with her former husband following their divorce in May 2005. The house was sold to her former husband and, given a share in the sale, she was ordered to vacate the house in September 2012.
Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life and the home) and Article 1 (protection of property) of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, she argued in particular that she had built the house with her former husband and lived there for a number of years, even after the divorce, and contested the courts’ refusal to order the house to be divided into two flats. She also contested the value of her share, which was not sufficient for her to buy another suitable flat.
The Court concluded that there was no violation of Art. 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and Art. 1 of Protocol No. 1 (Protection of Property)
