Anna Wysocka-Bar and Sofiya Kernychna’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL examines the Diia-based mechanism for online marriage registration in Ukraine in the context of digitalisation and martial law, and finds that the legal nature of marriage remains unchanged despite procedural…
Antonio Jesús Calzado Llamas authored the academic publication “The Limits of Article 4 of Regulations (EU) 2016/1103 and 2016/1104 in Jurisdictional Conflicts Concerning the Rights of the Surviving Spouse and the Surviving Partner” in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL, published on 2026-03-26.
Pablo Quinzá Redondo’s review of Andrés Rodríguez Benot’s *Le régime économique des couples en Droit international privé* was published in volume 18, issue 1 (2026) of *Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional*.
Juliana Rodríguez Rodrigo’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL calls for a state-level framework for de facto couples, covering both substantive law and conflict-of-laws rules.
Manuel García Mayo’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL addresses party autonomy in marriage and de facto couples from domestic, international and comparative perspectives.
Esther Farnós Amorós authored the academic publication “Katharina Boele-Woelki and Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg (eds.). What Family Law for Europe?” in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL, published on 2026-03-26.
Javier Carrascosa González’s review of the work edited by María Victoria Cuartero Rubio and José Manuel Velasco Retamosa, concerning family law and the right to respect for family life, was published in volume 18, issue 1 (2026) of CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL.
The HCCH Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) has published the Conclusions & Decisions adopted at its 3–6 March 2026 meeting, now available in English, French and Spanish.
The article examines the law applicable to the determination and change of the names of natural persons in Belgian private international law, in the light of the 2017 amendments to the Belgian Code of Private International Law and recent case law.
The article addresses the formal validity of proxy marriages concluded abroad and their recognition through marriage registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The article examines when the limitation period begins in claims arising from the liquidation of the matrimonial property regime following a foreign divorce judgment.
Denise Wiedemann examines the problem of achieving temporal fairness when determining connecting factors in the European Union’s international matrimonial property law. The work focuses on the temporal criteria used to connect a matrimonial property regime with the applicable law.
Nicole Štýbnarová’s article in The American Journal of Comparative Law examines the economic functions of regulating transnational marriages and of the legal argumentation surrounding them.
Jan Peter Schmidt authored the academic publication “Buschmann, Juliane: Die Bestimmung des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts schutzbedürftiger Erwachsener im internationalen Erb- und Betreuungsrecht.
Following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 11 March 2025, the Republic of Moldova became bound by the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of…
According to an HCCH notice, the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children entered into force for the Argentine Republic on 1 January 2026.
Aukje Mens’s 2026 article addresses the place of adoption in the proposal for a European Parenthood Regulation and the uncertainties that remain around it.
Antonia Durán Ayago’s article in the Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional Privado argues that the Spanish Supreme Court Civil Chamber is wrong in its approach to parentage created through surrogacy abroad, and that the French Cour de cassation adopts the sounder line by allowing recognition…
The HCCH Working Party met online on cross-border family mediation in the context of the Malta Process, with child abduction among the topics addressed. In private international law terms, the record concerns mediation and judicial cooperation in cross-border family disputes.
The HCCH Working Group on Parentage / Surrogacy met for the fifth time from 10 to 14 November 2025 in hybrid format, with more than 45 registered delegates and experts representing 24 HCCH Members and three Observers, alongside members of the Permanent Bureau.
Lena-Maria Möller’s article, published in the Arab Law Quarterly, examines jurisdictional and legal conflicts in the United Arab Emirates’ federal family law system.
According to the HCCH notice, the Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance entered into force for Denmark on 1 October 2025, following Denmark’s deposit of its instrument of ratification on 30 June 2025.
The Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children entered into force for Belize on 1 October 2025.
The Argentine Republic deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.