Maintenance

Citation

Beaumont P & Walker L (2022) Maintenance. In: Beaumont P & Holliday J (eds.) A Guide to Global Private International Law. First ed. Hart Studies in Private International Law, Vol 32. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 511-523. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509932085.ch-036

Abstract
The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance (the Convention),[1] represents a pragmatic approach to the global recovery of maintenance. The Convention’s core is on the recovery of child support and spousal support.[2] It contains indirect rules on jurisdiction and other provisions on recognition and enforcement, and provisions on cooperation through Central Authorities (CAs). Under the core Convention the provisions on CAs do not apply where the application is purely for spousal support but currently they apply in the majority of Contracting States because of Declarations.[3] The Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013. Forty-three States (including 26 EU Member States) and the EU are bound by the Convention.[4] The Convention applies in a variety of countries around the world, such as Albania, Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey, UK and the USA, highlighting its appeal to countries of diverse legal traditions and socio-economics.

Keywords
private international law; HCCH; child support; spousal support; cross-border maintenance