Explanatory Notes

Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006

2006 asp 2

20 January 2006

The Act

Jurisdiction

Section 37: Jurisdiction: actions for declarator of recognition of certain foreign decrees

56.This section provides rules as to the jurisdiction of the Court of Session and the Sheriff Court in actions where a pursuer is seeking recognition or non-recognition in Scotland of a decree of divorce, nullity or separation granted in a country outwith the European Union.