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COVID-19 and its economic impact on women and women’s poverty
This in-depth, case-analytical overview, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on a representative sample of member states with the aim of alimenting policy recommendations for the recovery period to ensure that the gains of the past years in the matter of gender equality are not overridden by the short-term negative effects of the measures implemented ...
Child Maintenance Systems in EU Member States from a Gender Perspective
Upon request by the FEMM Committee, this note gives an overview of the legislation and legal principles in the Member States concerning the guarantee of payment of child maintenance for the custodial parent by the other parent in case of separation or divorce. This guarantee can be regulated by law and can be put in place by a special body or agency. This note pays particular attention to differences between men and women in their roles for the financial support of children.
Mutual recognition of same-sex marriage, of civil partnerships of same-sex and opposite sex couples: current situation in member states. need for eu action?
This paper focuses upon the UK, common law perspective of mutual recognition of same-sex marriage, of civil partnerships of same-sex and opposite sex couples, covering matters relating to marriage/civil partnership, divorce/dissolution, ancillary relief/financial provision and issues relating to children.
Maintenance Obligations and What Training for Judges to Deal with Cross Border Issues (especially Focused on the Relationship Between the Community Draft Instruments and the Works Done in the Framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law)
The Proposal for a Regulation on maintenance obligations (PRMO) and the Preliminary Draft Hague Convention and Protocol on family maintenance (PDC and PDP) have a different scope, both substantive and personal. Limited interference between the PRMO and the PDC may occur in respect of jurisdiction rules since the latter does not provide rules of direct jurisdiction. The indirect rules of jurisdiction of the PDC will have an impact at the phase of recognition and enforcement of a decision given in ...
The Impact of the Increasing Numbers of Same-Sex Marriages or Legally Recognized Partnerships on Other Legal Domains, Such as Property Rights and Divorce Law
Many EU Member States have introduced specific provisions on same-sex marriages and registered partnerships that grant to homosexual couples a number of rights that differ according to certain patterns, depending upon the degree of differentiation from opposite-sex couples. While the effect on the personal status, the personal relationship and the property regime within the same-sex couple is often the same as in heterosexual relationships, the rights arising from the relationship between the couple ...