Crisis of the couple, parental responsabilit and maintenance: reviewing core matters in a cross-border family judgement (Barcelona Court of Appeal - Decision of 15/04/2019)

Abstract

In family law matters specific issues raises from the interaction between the rules on international jurisdiction and applicable law. The Decision of the Barcelona Court of Appeal rended on April 15, 2019 tests the international jurisdiction system and the issues of applicable law in a cross-bor­der family litigation where a main divorce must be established in addition with parental responsibility measures and maintenance claims.