Key legal question
Whether the Vaud civil court had jurisdiction over the action challenging the marital property agreement.
Extracted holding
Yes. The action was an ordinary civil dispute about invalidating a matrimonial agreement and did not fall under protective measures jurisdiction.
Extracted reasoning
The challenged cantonal rule applied only to marital protective measures. The claim was filed independently of divorce proceedings and concerned a vice of consent in a matrimonial contract, so the Cour civile was competent under the applicable private international law rules.