Case number and/or case name
AG Ansbach, 9.10.2008 – 3 F 883/08
Details of the court
Germany, First Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Brussels IIa
Article 3
Paragraph 1
SubParagraph a
Indent 1
Date of the judgement
08 October 2008
CJEU's case law cited by the court
Summary
The parties are American citizens and want to get divorced before the German Local Court. The court stated the international jurisdiction pursuant to Art 3 but did not specify the exact venue. [For the purposes of the database it has been assumed that both parties were habitually resident in Germany, Art 3 (1) (a) first indent]. The law applicable to the divorce was according to the court the law of New Mexico. It was determined under autonomous rules of PIL (Art 17, 14 EGBGB).