ERA-Conference on Cross-border Divorce and Maintenance

From 25 to 27 February 2013 the Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a conference on “Cross-border Divorce and Maintenance: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law” in Dublin. The conference will provide information on the Brussels II bis Regulation, the Rome III Regulation as well as the Maintenance Regulation. Further information is available here. The programme reads as follows:

Monday, 25 February

08:45 Arrival and registration of participants

I. Cross-border divorce: jurisdiction and procedure

09:15 Opening session
09:45 Setting the scene: framework and key elements of cross-border cooperation in family matters
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Cross-border divorce in the EU: jurisdiction, recognition andlis pendens
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Interaction of Regulation Brussels II bis with other EU legal instruments and mechanisms:
- legal aid
- service of documents
- preliminary ruling procedure
- alternative dispute resolution
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Exercise I: Case studies on cross-border divorce
18:00 End of the first workshop day
19:30 Dinner

Tuesday, 26 February

II. Cross-border divorce: applicable law

09:00 Cross-border divorce in the EU: applicable law
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 The application of foreign law in a crossborder divorce case
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Exercise II: Case studies on the identification and application of foreign law in a divorce case
15:30 Coffee break

III. Cross-border maintenance

16:00 Jurisdiction and applicable law in crossborder maintenance cases
18:00 End of the second workshop day
19:30 Dinner

Wednesday, 27 February

09:00 Cooperation between Central Authorities and access to justice in cross-border maintenance cases
10:00 Exercise III: Case-study on a crossborder maintenance case
12:00 Coffee break

IV. EU initiatives on property regimes

12:30 The proposed legislation on property effects of marriage and registered partnership
13:00 Closing session
13:30 Lunch and end of the workshop