Facts
X., born in 1955, and his wife Mrs. X., born in 1956, were married in 1978 under the regime of separation of property. They had four children together and separated in March 1997. By judgment of April 5, 2005, the Civil Court of the District of La Côte, among other things, pronounced their divorce, awarded parental authority and custody of the minor children to the mother, set the father's right of access and ordered him to contribute to the maintenance of the children and his wife.
By judgment of April 12, 2006, the Appeals Chamber of the Cantonal Court of the Canton of Vaud partially upheld the husband's appeal. The Federal Court then dismissed the husband's public law appeal to the extent that it was admissible and partially upheld his appeal for reform, annulling the cantonal judgment on the issue of the wife's pension shortfall indemnity.
The husband requests the revision of these two judgments of the Federal Court, concluding for their annulment and for the Federal Court to rule again on the initial appeals.
Considerations
According to case law, when the Federal Court dismisses or declares inadmissible an appeal, the challenged cantonal decision remains in force and is subject to cantonal revision for the reasons affecting the factual situation it establishes. Only facts that occurred up to the time when, in the main proceedings, factual allegations were still admissible, but were unknown to the applicant despite all due diligence and were only discovered by him after the…