The Weekly Law Reports
[2014] 3 WLR 1750
Court of Justice of the European Union
E
v
B
(Case C-436/13)
EU:C:2014:2246
2014 May 15;
Oct 1
President of Chamber R Silva de Lapuerta, Vice-President of Court (acting as Judge of Second Chamber) K Lenaerts,Judges JL da Cruz Vilaça, J-C Bonichot, A ArabadjievAdvocate General N Wahl
Children— Custody rights— Jurisdiction— Prorogation of jurisdiction— Child born in Spain to Spanish father and British mother— Mother bringing child to live in United Kingdom— Spanish court confirming custody and access agreement signed by parents— Spanish court having prorogued jurisdiction— Mother seeking to vary terms of agreement and to transfer prorogued jurisdiction to England— Whether prorogation of jurisdiction ceasing following final judgment in Spanish proceedings— Whether English courts having jurisdiction—
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 8(1), 12(3)