This article continues our study of the concept of residence which last month focused on rules for personal taxation in Italy. In this article we consider the concept of “habitual residence” in family law matters in the EU. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently issued an important judgement on the determination of the “habitual
Since the EU Succession Regulation came into force in 2015, its rules on cross-border successions apply to estates of deceased persons whether they were resident in Italy at the time of death or they owned property situated in Italy. The EU Succession Regulation applies to estates relating to citizens of third countries as well as
Up to the end of December 2020 the jurisdiction rules for cross-border family cases in the UE had been clear and predictable in 28 member States, for almost two decades. The term jurisdiction refers to the ability of the courts in a particular country to deal with a legal issue. The EU Regulation of 2003
