Article 59 — Applicable Law: Specific Rules

1. 1.

   Personal status, including legal capacity, name, and family relations, is governed by the national law of the person concerned, that is, by Kaharagian law for Kaharagian nationals.

2. 2.

   Marriage and its effects are governed by the national law common to both spouses at the time of the marriage or, failing a common nationality, by the law of the spouses’ common domicile or, failing that, by the law of the jurisdiction with which the marriage is most closely connected.

3. 3.

   The matrimonial property regime is governed by the law chosen by the spouses in their matrimonial property agreement. In the absence of choice, Article 24 of this Code applies, subject to the mandatory law of the jurisdiction in which property is situated.

4. 4.

   Parentage is governed by the national law of the child at the time of birth. Adoption is governed by the national law of the adopter.

5. 5.

   Contractual obligations are governed in accordance with Article 45(3) of the Fundamental Laws.

6. 6.

   Non-contractual obligations are governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the act giving rise to liability occurred.

7. 7.

   Succession is governed in accordance with Article 45(5) of the Fundamental Laws.