In accordance with the Agreement between the Polish People’s Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family, labor and criminal matters of December 21, 1987, divorce is subject to the law of the Contracting Party of which the spouses are nationals at the time the proceedings are initiated. above In divorce cases, the court of the Contracting Party of which the spouses are nationals at the time the proceedings are initiated has jurisdiction
If, at the time the proceedings are commenced, one of the spouses is a national of one Contracting Party and the other is a national of the other Contracting Party, the divorce will be governed by the law of the Contracting Party in whose territory they have their common domicile. If one of the spouses is domiciled in the territory of one Contracting Party and the other in the territory of the other Contracting Party, the law of the Contracting Party in whose court the proceedings are brought shall be applicable. above In divorce cases, the court of the Contracting Party in whose territory the spouses have their common place of residence has jurisdiction. If one of the spouses is domiciled in the territory of one Contracting Party and the other is domiciled in the territory of the other Contracting Party, the courts of both Contracting Parties have jurisdiction.
The court competent to rule on divorce is also competent to rule on parental authority and alimony for minor children.