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Document 62020CA0289

    Case C-289/20: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris — France) — IB v FA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Jurisdiction to hear divorce applications — Article 3(1)(a) — ‘Habitual residence’ of an applicant)

    IO C 51, 31.1.2022, p. 10–10 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    31.1.2022   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 51/10


    Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris — France) — IB v FA

    (Case C-289/20) (1)

    (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 - Jurisdiction to hear divorce applications - Article 3(1)(a) - ‘Habitual residence’ of an applicant)

    (2022/C 51/12)

    Language of the case: French

    Referring court

    Cour d’appel de Paris

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: IB

    Defendant: FA

    Operative part of the judgment

    Article 3(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, must be interpreted as meaning that a spouse who divides his or her time between two Member States may have his or her habitual residence in only one of those Member States, with the result that only the courts of the Member State in which that habitual residence is situated have jurisdiction to rule on the application for the dissolution of matrimonial ties.


    (1)  OJ C 297, 7.9.2020.


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