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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES

The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.

FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES

The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.

Hungary
Family law – succession matters
mandatory input

Article 78 (a) - the names and contact details of the courts or authorities with competence to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability in accordance with Article 45(1) and with appeals against decisions on such applications in accordance with Article 50(2)

In Budapest applications are decided upon by the Buda Central District Court, while elsewhere in Hungary they are decided upon by the district court operating at the seat of the relevant regional court:

Pécs District Court

Kecskemét District Court

Gyula District Court

Miskolc District Court

Szeged District Court

Székesfehérvár District Court

Győr District Court

Debrecen District Court

Eger District Court

Szolnok District Court

Tatabánya District Court

Balassagyarmat District Court

Budakörnyék District Court

Kaposvár District Court

Nyíregyháza District Court

Szekszárd District Court

Szombathely District Court

Veszprém District Court

Zalaegerszeg District Court

 

In Budapest appeals are heard by Budapest-Capital Regional Court, while elsewhere in Hungary they are heard by the regional courts:

Balassagyarmat Regional Court

Budapest Environs Regional Court

Debrecen Regional Court

Eger Regional Court

Gyula Regional Court

Győr Regional Court

Kaposvár Regional Court

Kecskemét Regional Court

Miskolc Regional Court

Nyíregyháza Regional Court

Pécs Regional Court

Szeged Regional Court

Szekszárd Regional Court

Székesfehérvár Regional Court

Szolnok Regional Court

Szombathely Regional Court

Tatabánya Regional Court

Veszprém Regional Court

Zalaegerszeg Regional Court

Article 78 (b) - the procedures to contest the decision given on appeal referred to in Article 51

Requests for review are handled by the Curia of Hungary in review proceedings.

Article 78 (c) - the relevant information regarding the authorities competent to issue the Certificate pursuant to Article 64

The authorities competent to issue the certificate are:

-   courts as referred to in Article 3(2): district courts

-   other authorities with competence in matters of succession under national law: civil law notaries

Article 78 (d) - the redress procedures referred to in Article 72

In Budapest applications for redress are handled by Budapest-Capital Regional Court, while elsewhere in Hungary they are handled by the relevant regional court:

Balassagyarmat Regional Court

Budapest Environs Regional Court

Debrecen Regional Court

Eger Regional Court

Gyula Regional Court

Győr Regional Court

Kaposvár Regional Court

Kecskemét Regional Court

Miskolc Regional Court

Nyíregyháza Regional Court

Pécs Regional Court

Szeged Regional Court

Szekszárd Regional Court

Székesfehérvár Regional Court

Szolnok Regional Court

Szombathely Regional Court

Tatabánya Regional Court

Veszprém Regional Court

Zalaegerszeg Regional Court

Article 79 - Establishment and subsequent amendment of the list containing the information referred to in Article 3(2)

In Hungary civil law notaries count as ‘other authorities and legal professionals’.

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