The Council Regulation (EU) n.º 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation

Authors

  • Beatriz Campuzano Díaz

Keywords:

Regulation on divorce and legal separation, enhanced cooperation, applicable law

Abstract

This article analyzes the procedure for the approval of Regulation 1259/ 2010 on the applicable law to divorce and legal separation via enhanced a cooperation, and its content. In order to favour the mobility of citizens and legal certainty, the Regulation enhances the parties’ autonomy by giving the spouses a limited possibility to choose the applicable law. When no applicable law has been chosen, the Regulation contains a scale of successive connecting factors to determine the applicable law, based on the habitual residence, the nationality and the lex fori. 

Issue

Section

LEGISLATION