The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2008] Fam 27
Court of Justice of the European Communities
Proceedings brought by C
(Case C-435/06)
2007 Sept 20;
Nov 27
Nov 27
President V Skouris, Presidents of Chamber P Jann, CWA Timmermans, A Rosas and A Tizzano, Judges R Schintgen, JN Cunha Rodrigues, R Silva de Lapuerta, J-C Bonichot, T von Danwitz and A Arabadjiev Advocate General J Kokott
Conflict of laws— Jurisdiction under Council Regulation— Taking child into care— Swedish court ordering children to be taken into care and placed with foster family— Mother taking children to Finland— Finnish police taking children into care and handing over to Swedish authorities— Mother challenging decision in Finnish court— Council Regulation on jurisdiction and enforcement applying to “civil matters relating to … parental responsibility”— Whether taking child into care matter relating to parental responsibility— Whether “civil matter”— Whether civil matters including public law acts— Whether single judicial decision ordering child be taken into care and placed outside his original home in foster family falling within scope of Regulation—
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, art 1