There are currently around 16 million international couples in the EU.
Inevitably when such families break up, family members often end up
living in different countries, a situation that is fraught with
difficulties from a family law point of view. These difficulties
include, for example, knowing which courts have jurisdiction to hear a
divorce application, which law is applicable to such a divorce and what
options are available for the enforcement of maintenance obligations
abroad.
Objectives
- to provide expert training on the Brussels II bis Regulation, the Rome III Regulation and the Maintenance Regulation and their interaction with other EU instruments in the area of civil justice
- to raise awareness of the interrelationship
between EU, international and domestic legislation on cross-border
divorce and maintenance cases
- to reinforce knowledge of the preliminary ruling procedure through practical exercises
- to provide participants with a practical introduction to e-justice tools
- to promote contacts between national judges
from different member states and provide participants with valuable
networking opportunities.
The workshop is designed to be practice-oriented and focused on peer and
expert training. Access to an introductory e-learning course will be
made available to participants before the workshop allowing them to
contribute actively during the training sessions. IT-supported training
will be provided allowing participating judges to get to know the
existing online tools and make better use of the information available
on the e-learning course. Participating judges will deal with concrete
situations and be faced with real questions by means of case studies.
Who should attend?
Participation is only open to judges from an EU Member State.