Habitual Residence depends on child’s interests
ECJ Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility – Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 – Articles 8 to 15 – Jurisdiction concerning maintenance obligations – Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 – Article 3(d) – Conflicting judgments given in the courts of different Member States – Child habitually resident in the Member State of residence of his mother – The courts of the father’s Member State of residence without jurisdiction to vary a decision that has become final which they adopted earlier concerning the residence of the child, maintenance obligations and contact arrangements
R. Silva de Lapuerta, P
[2017] WLR(D) 113, [2017] EUECJ C-499/15
Bailii, WLRD
Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 8
European
Children, International
Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.579667
