A Europe for mobile and international families
Briefing
30-11-2017
As an EU citizen, you can freely move around the EU with your partner and/or children. The EU has clear rules on which national court has jurisdiction in international divorce and parental responsibility cases. The European Parliament supports amicable solutions through mediation in cross-border family disputes, including parental child abductions.
Briefing
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- cooperation policy
- cross-border dimension
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU law - international law
- EU Member State
- European cooperation
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- family
- family law
- free movement of persons
- GEOGRAPHY
- international law
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- regions and regional policy
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS