Last 24th of March, for the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome, “Roma 3 University” has organized a major conference entitling EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND SUPRANATIONALISM. The conference began in joint session for the
Italy – The Court of Appeal of Trento recognizes the parent-child relationship between two children born to a surrogated mother and a non-biological father
On the 23 February 2017, the Court of Appeal of Trento rendered a landmark order which gave legal effect in Italy to a Canadian decision on the issue of children born from surrogacy to a same-sex couple. The children, both
The Economist focusing on International Child Abduction
Both the on-line and the printed issue of The Economist (February,18th 2017), devote a long and well-argued article to the increasing plague of International Child Abduction. Multi-national families are often facing hard battles to avoid (in the best cases) or
Italy: Enacted the new Statute on civil Unions
Last week (on January 27) the Official Gazette of Italian Law has published the final version of a Legislative Decree (D.Lgs. 19 gennaio 2017, n. 7) which finally provides the international law rules for the regulation of civil unions. This decree
Italy – Italian Supreme Court clarifying principles about applicable law and recognition of foreign decisions in divorce matters
The Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Sezione Prima Civile), with a decision published on the 1st of December (n. 24542/2016), has determined that the foreign judgment on divorce should be recognized in Italy although it hangs a separation
Spain – On the use of mediation for the enforcement of a return order of children in a child abduction case
The decision of the Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial) of Barcelona nº 573/2013 of 1 October 2013, though rendered some years ago, outstands as it considers the use of mediation in the enforcement of a child return order in a child
Jurisdiction on marriage annulment: can a daughter claim the annulment of the marriage of her parent after the death of one of them?
It is the first time ever that the issue of marriage annulment is the subject of a ruling of the European Court of Justice. The facts of the case are however more complex than this limited issue. On 20 November
JURISDICTION ON DIVORCE AND SEPARATION PROCEEDINGS DOES NOT ALWAYS IMPLY JURISDICTION ON CUSTODY OF THE CHILD WHO IS RESIDENT ABROAD
«When separation proceedings are taking place in a Member State other than where the child is not habitually resident, the best interests of the child and the proximity criterion, as provided by whereas 12 and 13 of Brussels II a
A LESSON WITH NIGEL LOWE ON THE 1996 HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF MINOR
Nigel Lowe, Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University, held a lecture on 5 May 2016 at the University of Milan-Bicocca on the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention and its relationships with the Brussels II Regulation – a current topic in the
CJEU – Judgments
The CJEU case law on the Brussels II bis Regulation No ECLI identifier Name of the case and number in the register Interpreted instrument and relevant provision(s) Key terms Operative part of the judgment 1. EU:C:2007:714 C, C-435/06