The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2017] Fam 235
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 petitioning in England for divorce— Mother seeking child arrangements orders or relocation order under inherent jurisdiction to enable relocation to Serbia— Whether arising “in or in connection with matrimonial proceedings”— Whether English court having 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), Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 (SI 2005/3336), arts 6, 7, and 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, s 8 (as amended by Children and Families Act 2014 (c 6), s 12, Sch 2, paras 1, 3)