The WLR Daily case summaries
[2016] WLR (D) 557
Family Division
J v U (Child Arrangements Order: Jurisdiction)
[2016] EWHC 2481 (Fam)
2016 Sept 26; 29
Bodey J
Children— Orders with respect to children— Child arrangements order— Family of British nationals habitually resident in Bosnia— Mother issuing English divorce petition— Mother seeking child arrangements orders to enable relocation to Serbia— Whether arising “in or in connection with” matrimonial proceedings— Whether English court having statutory or inherent jurisdiction—
Family Law Act 1986 (c 55) (as amended by Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 108, Sch 13, paras 62, 63, 64, Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 139, Sch 3, para 48, European Communities (Jurisdiction and Judgments in Matrimonial and Parental Responsibility Matters) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/265), reg 8(2)(3), Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (International Obligations) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1898), reg 17, Sch, para 5)), ss 1(1), 2(1)(3), 2A(1)
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Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 8 (as amended by Children and Families Act 2014 (c 6), s 12, Sch 2, paras 1, 3)