Brussels IIa Regulation - Matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility

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Family Law - Brussels IIa Regulation - Matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility


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Article 67 (a)

The names, addresses and means of communication for the central authorities designated pursuant to Article 53:

Office for International Legal Protection of Children (Úřad pro mezinárodně právní ochranu dětí)

Šilingrovo náměstí 3

602 00 Brno

Czech Republic

Phone: 00420 542 215 522

Fax: 00420 542 212 836

E-mail: podatelna@umpod.cz

Web address: http://www.umpod.cz/

Contacts:

Zdeněk Kapitán, Director

Markéta Nováková, Deputy Director

Article 67 (b)

The languages accepted for communications to central authorities pursuant to Article 57(2): Czech, English, German and French.

Article 67 (c)

For the certificate on access rights and the return of a child – Article 45(2): Czech

Articles 21 and 29

Applications under Articles 21 and 29 are to be submitted to the following in the Czech Republic:

- district courts (okresní soudy) or court bailiffs (soudní exekutoři).

Article 33

Appeals under Article 33 are to be lodged with the following courts in the Czech Republic:

- district courts (okresní soudy)).

Article 34

The only appeals that may be lodged under Article 34 in the Czech Republic are:

- action in annulment (žaloba pro zmatečnost) pursuant to Section 229 et seq. of Act No 99/1963 (Code of Judicial Civil Procedure), as amended, and appellate review (dovolání) pursuant to Section 236 et seq. of Act No 99/1963 (Code of Judicial Civil Procedure), as amended.

 

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