Article 1 Scope
United Kingdom
1.
This Regulation shall apply, in situations involving a conflict of laws, to divorce and legal separation.
2.
This Regulation shall not apply to the following matters, even if they arise merely as a preliminary question within the context of divorce or legal separation proceedings:
(a)
the legal capacity of natural persons;
(b)
the existence, validity or recognition of a marriage;
(c)
the annulment of a marriage;
(d)
the name of the spouses;
(e)
the property consequences of the marriage;
(f)
parental responsibility;
(g)
maintenance obligations;
(h)
trusts or successions.