Article 3 General jurisdiction

In matters relating to divorce, legal separation or marriage annulment, jurisdiction shall lie with the courts of the Member State:

1. (a)

   in whose territory:

   1. (i)

      the spouses are habitually resident,

   2. (ii)

      the spouses were last habitually resident, insofar as one of them still resides there,

   3. (iii)

      the respondent is habitually resident,

   4. (iv)

      in the event of a joint application, either of the spouses is habitually resident,

   5. (v)

      the applicant is habitually resident if he or she resided there for at least a year immediately before the application was made, or

   6. (vi)

      the applicant is habitually resident if he or she resided there for at least six months immediately before the application was made and is a national of the Member State in question; or

2. (b)

   of the nationality of both spouses.