CELEX: 62013CN0408
Language: en
Date: 2013-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-408/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Karlsruhe (Germany) lodged on 18 July 2013 — Barbara Huber v Manfred Huber

21.9.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 274/15
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Karlsruhe (Germany) lodged on 18 July 2013 — Barbara Huber v Manfred Huber
   (Case C-408/13)
   2013/C 274/26
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Amtsgericht Karlsruhe
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Barbara Huber
   
      Defendant: Manfred Huber
   
      Question referred
   
   Whether it is compatible with Article 3(a) and (b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations, (1)
   
   if it is provided in the first sentence of Paragraph 28(1) of the Gesetzes zur Geltendmachung von Unterhaltsansprüchen im Verkehr mit ausländischen Staaten (Auslandsunterhaltsgesetz — AUG),
   that, if a party concerned does not have his or her habitual residence in Germany, the court which is to rule exclusively on applications in maintenance cases falling under Article 3(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 is the Local Court which has jurisdiction for the seat of the Higher Regional Court in whose area of jurisdiction the defendant or creditor has his or her habitual residence?
   
      (1)  OJ 2009 L 7, p. 1.