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Stop child abductions

Forms to download

APPLICATION FOR RETURN OF A CHILD

Detailed information on the preparing of the application can be found in the CENTRAL AUTHORITY tab in the CHILD ABDUCTION section.

Materials

Application for the return of a child - Danish
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Danish.pdf 0.89MB Application for the return of a child - Dutch
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Dutch.pdf 0.27MB Application for the return of a child – English
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_English.pdf 0.29MB Application for the return of a child – English
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_English.docx 0.74MB Application for the return of a child – French
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_French.pdf 0.22MB Application for the return of a child – French
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_French.docx 0.74MB Application for the return of a child – German
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_German.pdf 0.28MB Application for the return of a child – German
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_German.docx 0.75MB Application for return of a child - Hungarian
Application​_for​_return​_of​_a​_child​_-​_Hungarian.pdf 0.31MB Application for the return of a child – Italian
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Italian.pdf 0.93MB Application for the return of a child – Polish
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Polish.pdf 0.30MB Application for the return of a child – Polish
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Polish.docx 0.74MB Application for the return of a child – Portuguese
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Portuguese.pdf 0.68MB Application for the return of a child – Spanish
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Spanish.pdf 0.44MB Application for the return of a child – Swedish
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Swedish.pdf 0.65MB Application for the return of a child – Ukrainian
Application​_for​_the​_return​_of​_a​_child​_–​_Ukrainian.pdf 0.69MB

REQUEST FOR EXERCISE OF RIGHT OF ACCESS

Materials

Request for exercise of right of access – Danish
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Danish.pdf 0.56MB Request for exercise of right of access – Dutch
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Dutch.pdf 0.27MB Request for exercise of right of access – English
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_English.pdf 0.01MB Request for exercise of right of access – French
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_French.pdf 0.01MB Request for exercise of right of access – German
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_German.pdf 0.02MB Request for exercise of right of access - Hungarian
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_-​_Hungarian.pdf 0.16MB Request for exercise of right of access – Italian
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Italian.pdf 0.62MB Request for exercise of right of access – Polish
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Polish.pdf 0.05MB Request for exercise of right of access – Portuguese
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Portuguese.pdf 0.66MB Request for exercise of right of access – Spanish
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Spanish.pdf 0.01MB Request for exercise of right of access – Swedish
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Swedish.pdf 0.55MB Request for exercise of right of access – Ukrainian
Request​_for​_exercise​_of​_right​_of​_access​_–​_Ukrainian.pdf 0.68MB

AUTHORISATION GRANTED BY AN APPLICANT TO THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY OF THE REQUESTED STATE

Materials

Authorisation Template – Dutch
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_Dutch.pdf 0.01MB Authorisation Template – English
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_English.pdf 0.01MB Authorisation Template – French
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_French.pdf 0.01MB Authorisation Template – German
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_German.pdf 0.03MB Authorisation Template – Hungarian
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_Hungarian.pdf 0.05MB Authorisation Template – Italian
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_Italian.pdf 0.03MB Authorisation Template – Polish
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_Polish.pdf 0.01MB Authorisation Template – Spanish
Authorisation​_Template​_–​_Spanish.pdf 5.07KB

GRANTING LEGAL AID

Information concerning Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid for such disputes, and template forms can be accessed below by selecting the LEGAL AID field.

Materials

LEGAL AID
Application for legal aid in Germany (Polish)
Application​_for​_legal​_aid​_in​_Germany​_(Polish).pdf 0.08MB Application for exemption from costs and appointment of a court-appointed attorney (German)
Application​_for​_exemption​_from​_costs​_and​_appointment​_of​_a​_court-appointed​_attorney​_(German).pdf 0.95MB Application for exemption from costs and appointment of a court-appointed attorney in relations with the USA
Application​_for​_exemption​_from​_costs​_and​_appointment​_of​_a​_court-appointed​_attorney​_in​_relations​_with​_the​_USA.pdf 1.53MB

CERTIFICATES

CERTIFICATES

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction provides for nine standard forms:

  1. Annex I - certificate to be issued by the court following a decision refusing the return of a child to another member state based solely on point (b) of article 13(1), or on article 13(2), or both, of the 1980 hague convention
  2. Annex II - certificate concerning decisions in matrimonial matters
  3. Annex III - certificate concerning decisions in matters of parental responsibility
  4. Annex IV - certificate concerning decisions ordering the return of a child to another member state pursuant to the 1980 hague convention and any provisional, including protective, measures taken in accordance with article 27(5) of the regulation accompanying them
  5. Annex V - certificate concerning decisions granting rights of access
  6. Annex VI - certificate concerning certain decisions on the substance of rights of custody given pursuant to article 29(6) of the regulation and entailing the return of the child
  7. Annex VII - certificate concerning the lack or limitation of enforceability of certain decisions granting rights of access or entailing the return of the child which have been certified in accordance with article 47 of the regulation
  8. Annex VIII - certificate concerning an authentic instrument or an agreement on divorce or legal separation
  9. Annex IX - certificate concerning an authentic instrument or agreement in matters of parental responsibility

 

IMPORTANT! The certificate shall be completed and issued in the language of the decision. The certificate may also be issued in another official language of the institutions of the European Union requested by the party.

This does not create any obligation for the court issuing the certificate to provide a translation or transliteration of the translatable content of the free text fields.

No challenge shall lie against the issuance of the certificate.

 

Access to the indicated forms (to be completed online or downloaded in all language versions) is available at the following link:

https://online-forms.e-justice.europa.eu/online-forms/matrimonial-matters-forms_en

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