Brussels II-ter Cross-border Marriage Dissolution, Parental Responsibility Disputes and Child Abduction in the EU

The recently recast Council Regulation No 2019/1111 (‘ Brussels II-ter’ ), which came into force in August 2022, is the key EU family law Regulation. It governs jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement in matrimonial matters (principally divorce), matters of parental responsibility (principally, custody and access), and international child abduction. This book provides an in-depth discussion of this complex Regulation. Written by three renowned experts, this comprehensive analysis benefits from the collective scope of their experience and knowledge not only of their jurisdictions (Italy, Sweden and the UK) but also more generally of international family law and private international law. Brussels II-ter: Cross-border Marriage Dissolution, Parental Responsibility Disputes and Child Abduction in the EU provides not only a clear exposition of the Regulation’ s provisions, but also supplies a critical evaluation of these, highlighting the undoubted improvements made by Brussels II-ter while simultaneously exploring its more problematic aspects. An exposition of the relationship between the EU and the UK following Brexit concludes this volume.

Michael Hellner is a Professor of Private International Law at Stockholm University with extensive experience of negotiations in the EU and the Hague Conference for Private International Law, as well as various Swedish government committees in the area of private international law. Nigel Lowe KC (Hon), Emeritus Professor of Law, Cardiff University, is a well-known expert in international family law, on which he has written extensively. As a member of the Expert Group, he assisted the EU Commission on the Recast of Brussels II-bis Regulation (2015) and is presently a member of the UK International Family Law Committee. Costanza Honorati is a Professor of EU Law at the Milano– Bicocca University School of Law, where she is Chair of EU Private International Law. She was a member of the Expert Group assisting the EU Commission on the Recast of the Brussels IIa Regulation (2015) and the Chair of the Commission’ s EJN Working Group on a Guide to the Maintenance Regulation (2019– 2022).