Keywords: Maintenance regulation; jurisdiction; forum non coveniens; related actions; lis pendens; foreign divorce proceedings EN Maintenance regulation jurisdiction forum non coveniens related actions lis pendens foreign divorce proceedings 198 201 4 05/24/21 20210601 NES 210601 The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union also affects family law. Maintenance regulation, jurisdiction, forum non coveniens, related actions, lis pendens, foreign divorce proceedings The legislative background Jurisdiction in intra-UK cases was never governed by the private international law instruments of the European Union, especially not by the Maintenance Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 4/2009). [Extracted from the article]