PRACTICAL PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM THE NON-HARMONIZATION OF CHOICE OF LAW RULES IN DIVORCE MATTERS
| Alternative title: | Praktische Probleme, die sich aus der Nichtabgleichung der Rechtswahlvorschriften im Scheidungsfall ergeben FINAL REPORT |
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| Year of publication: |
2002-12-01
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| Institutions: | T. M. C. Asser Instituut <'s-Gravenhage> |
| Publisher: |
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Inneres |
| Subject: | Ehe | Marriage | Ehescheidung | divorce | Familienrecht | family law | Gesetzgebung | legislation | Rechtsanwendung | legal usage |
- 1. Introduction to the Research Study
- Basis of the research study<br< Approaching and selecting respondents
- The interviews
- 2. Responses to the Questionnaire
- A. General questions
- B. Possible advantages of harmonisation
- The phenomenon of forum shopping
- Measures to counter forum shopping
- Lex fori as a solution to forum shopping
- Legal certainty and predictability of result
- Free movement of persons and the smooth functioning of the internal market
- C. Possible effects of harmonisation
- Increase and complication of proceedings
- Effects on agreement between the parties and out of court settlement
- The extent to which all related matters can be dealt with in the same proceedings, and applying the same law
- D. Possible impediments and disadvantages
- Other remarks
- 3. Main problems that were identified during the interviews
- Divorce
- Application of choice of law rules
- The influence of internal substantive law
- Forum shopping in divorce cases
- Legal certainty, predictability of result
- Free movement of persons
- Parental responsibility
- Choice of law rules
- Forum shopping
- Legal certainty, predictability of result
- Free movement of persons
- Maintenance of spouses
- Content of choice of law rules
- Forum shopping
- Free movement of persons
- Maintenance of children
- Jurisdiction and forum shopping
- Free movement of persons
- Legal certainty
- Matrimonial property
- Forum shopping
- Distribution of marital property
- Free movement of persons
- Location of assets
- Public policy
- Application of foreign law
- Civil law systems v. common law systems
- Specialization of judges and lawyers
- Cultural differences
- 4. A few case studies
- Divorce
- Case 1. The unfortunate twins
- Case 2. Divorce at the second attempt
- Case 3. A look in the future
- Children
- Case 2. The divorce motheru0092s international career
- Matrimonial property
- The enterprising couple<br< 5. What issues
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