J v U (Child Arrangements Order: Jurisdiction)

Subject Matter

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, 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) — Children Act 1989, s 8 (as amended by Children and Families Act 2014 (c 6), s 12, Sch 2, paras 1, 3)

[2016] EWHC 2481 (Fam); [2017] Fam 235; [2017] 2 WLR 760; [2016] WLR (D) 557, Fam D