Brussels IIb, Article 21: children able to form views must have a genuine opportunity to express them. Courts must give due weight to age and maturity. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1111/oj #BrusselsIIb #ChildrensRights

In cross-border custody, speed and due process are not rivals. Brussels IIb requires cooperation, enforceable decisions and a real opportunity for the child to be heard. Mutual trust depends on procedural trust. #BrusselsIIb #CrossBorderCustody #EUFamilyLaw

In a cross-border custody case, speed matters—but speed without hearing the child, testing an exception, or giving specific reasons can turn mutual trust into procedural blindness. What should courts verify before ordering return? #BrusselsIIb #HagueConvention #ChildrensRights

Cross-border custody has no shortcut: Brussels IIb allocates jurisdiction and recognition; the 1980 Hague Convention addresses prompt return after wrongful removal. Neither decides the child’s long-term custody merits by itself. #BrusselsIIb #HagueConvention #EUFamilyLaw

Practical Brussels IIb point: in parental-responsibility proceedings, a child capable of forming views must have a genuine and effective opportunity to express them. Hearing is a procedural safeguard, not a box-tick. #BrusselsIIb #EUFamilyLaw #ChildrensRights