La portata della proroga del foro nelle controversie sulla responsabilità genitoriale

The article examines two recent judgments of the European
Court of Justice concerning choice of forum in matters related to parental responsibility.
These decisions offer the opportunity to reflect on the pre-conditions
for the validity of the choice of forum clause, i.e. the agreement, the proximity,
the interest of the child and the connection with another proceeding,
and the relationships between different bases of jurisdiction (habitual residence
and forum non conveniens). Analysing the peculiar facts of the cases and the
clarifications provided by the ECJ, the article tackles those pre-conditions from
a practical and concrete standpoint with a view to understanding when and
how the different bases of jurisdiction can be used. Some final considerations
are devoted to the concrete range of the choice of the parties.