CHAPTER ISCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1Scope
1
This Regulation shall apply, whatever the nature of the court or tribunal, in civil matters relating to:
a
divorce, legal separation or marriage annulment;
b
the attribution, exercise, delegation, restriction or termination of parental responsibility.
2
The matters referred to in paragraph 1(b) may, in particular, deal with:
a
rights of custody and rights of access;
b
guardianship, curatorship and similar institutions;
c
the designation and functions of any person or body having charge of the child's person or property, representing or assisting the child;
d
the placement of the child in a foster family or in institutional care;
e
measures for the protection of the child relating to the administration, conservation or disposal of the child's property.
3
This Regulation shall not apply to:
a
the establishment or contesting of a parent-child relationship;
b
decisions on adoption, measures preparatory to adoption, or the annulment or revocation of adoption;
c
the name and forenames of the child;
d
emancipation;
e
maintenance obligations;
f
trusts or succession;
g
measures taken as a result of criminal offences committed by children.