53However, a refusal of a right of residence based on that ground cannot be based solely on the criminal record of the person concerned. It can result, where appropriate, only from a specific assessment of all the relevant circumstances of the case, in the light of the principle of proportionality, the fundamental rights whose observance the Court ensures and, where appropriate, the best interests of the child of the third-country national concerned (see, to that effect, judgments of 13 September 2016, Rendón Marín, C‑165/14, EU:C:2016:675, paragraph 85, and of 8 May 2018, K. A. and Others (Family reunification in Belgium), C‑82/16, EU:C:2018:308, paragraph 93). Thus, the competent national authority may take into consideration, inter alia, the gravity of the offences committed and the degree of severity of those convictions, as well as the period between the date on which they are handed down and the date on which that authority gives its decision. Where the relationship of dependency between that third-country national and a Union citizen who is a minor stems from the fact that the former is the parent of the latter, account must also be taken of the age of that child and his or her state of health, as well as his or her family and economic situation (judgments of 13 September 2016, CS, C‑304/14, EU:C:2016:674, paragraph 42, and of 13 September 2016, Rendón Marín, C‑165/14, EU:C:2016:675, paragraph 86).
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