EUFam's Project

02/09/2021

🇳🇪 The HCCH 1993 Adoption Convention has entered into force for ! 🇳🇪

More information: https://bit.ly/38whxts

26/03/2021

https://eapil.org/2021/03/26/joint-wills-under-the-succession-regulation-insights-from-germany/

It is well-known that the Succession Regulation contains specific rules relating to succession agreements in its Article 25. Inter alia, it allows the parties to select the law applicable to such a…

24/03/2021

Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2116/2004 of 2 December 2004, must be interpreted as meaning that it is not applicable to a situation where a finding is made that a child has, at the time when an application relating to parental responsibility is brought, acquired his or her habitual residence in a third State following abduction to that State. In that situation, the jurisdiction of the court seised will have to be determined in accordance with the applicable international conventions, or, in the absence of any such international convention, in accordance with Article 14 of that regulation.

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Area of freedom, security and justice – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 – Article 10 – Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility – Abduction of a child – Jurisdic...

01/02/2021

🇷🇸 The HCCH 2007 Child Support Convention has entered into force for Serbia!

More information: http://bit.ly/3pP4jPe

06/01/2021

https://eapil.org/2021/01/06/gonzalez-beilfuss-on-party-autonomy-in-international-family-law/

The course Party Autonomy in International Family Law given by Cristina González Beilfuss at the Hague Academy of International Law in Summer 2018 has recently been published in volume 408 of the A…

05/01/2021

🇧🇪 The HCCH 2000 Protection of Adults Convention has entered into force for Belgium!

More information: http://bit.ly/3ngzlxE

04/01/2021

🇬🇧 The HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention and HCCH 2007 Child Support Convention continue to apply for the United Kingdom, after the conclusion of the transition period following its withdrawal from the European Union. 🇬🇧

http://bit.ly/38aEDGr

19/10/2020

30 October 2020 - EUFam's II Final Conference

14/10/2020

https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/planning-the-future-of-cross-border-families-9781509919871/

Out now!!!

This book is built upon the outcomes of the EUFam's Project, financially supported by the EU Civil Justice Programme and led by the University of Milan. Also

16/07/2020

Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation must be interpreted as meaning that the expression ‘where the law applicable by virtue of Article 5 or Article 8 makes no provision for divorce’ applies only where the foreign law applicable makes no provision for divorce in any form.

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 — Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation — Uniform rules — Article 10 — Application of the law of the forum)

19/05/2020

We kindly ask you to several minutes (up to 10) to complete the questionnaire concerning the judicial training in European family and succession matters and to disseminate it widely to your colleague's justice professionals and any other interested professional. A study on "Judicial Training in European family and succession law” is conducted in the framework of our EUFam's II project. Information you decide to kindly share with us will add figures to our doctrinal research, and contribute to the overall research findings on the application of EU family and succession regulation. Research results will be elaborated and published in a scientific collection of papers by the University of Heidelberg. EUFam’s II consortium is most grateful for your cooperation, particularly at the time of ongoing pandemic crises throughout the EU!

You can enter the questionnaire by clicking on the link below. Please return the questionnaire by 30 May 2020.

This questionnaire will be conducted anonymously. Data will be collected for science purposes only and processed in full conformity with data protection legislation.

A study on "Judicial Training in European family and succession law” is conducted in the framework of DG justice funded project “Facilitating cross-border family life: towards a common European understanding (EUFam's II)”, led by the University of Heildelberg (Prof. Pfeiffer), in partnership w...

29/04/2020

Hague Conference on Private International Law - The World Organisation for Cross-border Co-operation in Civil and Commercial Matters