Judgment_paragraph 25 · Adzo Domenyo Alokpa and Others v Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de l’Immigration (C-86/12)

25It is clear from the case-law of the Court that the status of ‘dependent’ family member of a Union citizen holding a right of residence is the result of a factual situation characterised by the fact that material support for the family member is provided by the holder of the right of residence, so that, when the converse situation occurs and the holder of the right of residence is dependent on a third-country national, the third-country national cannot rely on being a ‘dependent’ relative in the ascending line of that right-holder, within the meaning of Directive 2004/38, with a view to having the benefit of a right of residence in the host Member State (Case C‑40/11 Iida [2012] ECR, paragraph 55).