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Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 Article 8

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 Article 8

Continuing jurisdiction in relation to access rights

Article 8

1.   Where a child moves lawfully from one Member State to another and acquires a new habitual residence there, the courts of the Member State of the child's former habitual residence shall, by way of exception to Article 7, retain jurisdiction, for three months following the move, to modify a decision on access rights given in that Member State before the child moved if the person granted access rights by the decision continues to have his or her habitual residence in the Member State of the child's former habitual residence. 2.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply if the holder of access rights referred to in paragraph 1 has accepted the jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State of the child's new habitual residence by participating in proceedings before those courts without contesting their jurisdiction.

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CitationArticle 8 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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