CHAPTER II

JURISDICTION
SECTION 1

Divorce, legal separation and marriage annulment

General jurisdiction
Article 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Counterclaim
Article 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conversion of legal separation into divorce
Article 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exclusive nature of jurisdiction under Articles 3, 4 and 5
Article 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Residual jurisdiction
Article 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2

Parental responsibility

General jurisdiction
Article 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Continuing jurisdiction of the child's former habitual residence
Article 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jurisdiction in cases of child abduction
Article 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Return of the child
Article 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prorogation of jurisdiction
Article 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jurisdiction based on the child's presence
Article 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Residual jurisdiction
Article 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transfer to a court better placed to hear the case
Article 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3

Common provisions

Seising of a Court
Article 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Examination as to jurisdiction
Article 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Examination as to admissibility
Article 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lis pendens and dependent actions
Article 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Provisional, including protective, measures
Article 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regulations revoked (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family, Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples)) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/104), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/441, regs. 1(2)(a), 16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Regulation revoked (E.W.N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)