The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2010] Fam 42
Court of Justice of the European Communities
Proceedings brought by A
(Case C-523/07)
2008 Oct 22;
2009 Jan 29;
April 2
2009 Jan 29;
April 2
President of Chamber A Rosas,
Judges A Ó Caoimh, J N Cunha Rodrigues, U Lõhmus, P Lindh
Judges A Ó Caoimh, J N Cunha Rodrigues, U Lõhmus, P Lindh
Advocate General J Kokott
Conflict of laws— Jurisdiction under Council Regulation— Taking child into care— Family from first state going to live in second state— Family returning to first state— Family leading peripatetic life on return but applying for social housing in first state— Children not attending school and taken into care in first state— Whether children “habitually resident” there— Whether courts of first state having jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility— Powers of court not seised of substance of matter to take “provisional, including protective, measures”— Procedure where no court having jurisdiction—
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 8(1), 13, 20(1)