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Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation article 8 CELEX: 32010R1259 Applicable law in the absence of a choice by the parties
In the absence of a choice pursuant to Article 5, divorce and legal separation shall be subject to the law of the State: (a) where the spouses are habitually resident at the time the court is seized; or, failing that
(b) where the spouses were last habitually resident, provided that the period of residence did not end more than 1 year before the court was seized, in so far as one of the spouses still resides in that State at the time the court is seized; or, failing that
(c) of which both spouses are nationals at the time the court is seized; or, failing that
(d) where the court is seized. |