 The ruling found the restriction of registered partnerships to same-sex couples discriminatory and mandated that opposite-sex couples have the right to enter into a registered partnership from 1 January 2019.In January 2013, the Constitutional Court of Austria ruled that the registered partnership law was partially unconstitutional, broadening the rights of registered partners.On 19 February 2013, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in "X and Others v. Austria" that a partner in a same-sex union has the right to adopt his or her partner's biological child.