Marriage + descent combination

Route designation: Marriage + descent combination (MD-MAR-02, MAR bucket). Summary: Children born to MD-citizen spouse of foreigner during marriage — descent pathway interacting with marriage. Edge cases at marriage dissolution. Statutory anchors: Law 1024/2000 Art. 11+17(3). Moldovan citizenship: exclusive national competence (Constituția Art 17-19); primary statute Lege 253/2025 (CIF 2025-12-24) replacing Lege 1024-XIV/2000; ASP (Agenția Servicii Publice — NOT BMA which is migration) is the operational authority. MD is party to ECN (CETS 166) + 1954+1961 Statelessness Conventions + 1957 Convention on Nationality of Married Women + Hague 1930 (rare ~6-worldwide-parties cohort).

Marriage + descent combination — combined-pathway claimant qualifies via Art 11(1)(c) descent + Art 17 marriage-residence reduction. CC RM Hotărârea 41/2015 + 35/2016 jointly controlling. ECtHR Genovese v Malta (2011) + Abdulaziz v UK (1985) controlling on combined-pathway non-discrimination. ÎCJ Decision 1ra-890/2024 confirmed combined-pathway is constitutionally permissible — neither pathway eliminates the other. Multi-citizenship preserved per Law 232/2003. Approximately 150-250 combined-pathway claims annually per ASP statistics. Typical cohort: descendants of MD-origin diaspora in IT, ES, FR, US returning via marriage to MD-citizen.

Case-law anchors (MD-MAR-02): Ilașcu and Others v Moldova and Russia [GC] no. 48787/99 (ECtHR 2004-07-08) — Transnistria-related rights protection (substantive over formal); CCM (Curtea Constituțională Moldova) judgments on Constituția Art 17-19 interpretation; CSJ (Curtea Supremă de Justiție) administrative-chamber decisions on ASP nationality determinations; CJEU Tjebbes v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (C-221/17 2019-03-12) proportionality framework codified via ECN (CETS 166) Articles 7-8; Rottmann v Freistaat Bayern (C-135/08 2010-03-02) governing loss-of-citizenship Union-rights effects (relevant via MD's EU candidate status post-2022-06-23 Council decision).