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What does Maintenance mean? Maintenance describes financial support paid by one person to a current or former spouse or civil partner, or for the benefit of a child, during separation, divorce/dissolution and afterwards. It is a descriptive term used across family law, with statutory regimes and case law guiding its assessment and enforcement. England & Wales and Northern Ireland: spousal/civil partner maintenance is commonly termed periodical payments, including interim “maintenance pending suit”; child maintenance/child support is primarily via the Child Maintenance Service (with court jurisdiction in limited cases, including Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 and for a “child of the family”). Scotland: support during a...

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European Small Claims Procedure (up to 13 July 2017): England and Wales practice, forms, service, case management and enforcement [Archived]

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Amendments in force on 14 July 2017 ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.

The European Small Claims Procedure Regulation (EC) No 861/2007, together with Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 establishing a European Order for Payment Procedure, was amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2421. The revisions to the European small claims procedure took effect on 14 July 2017, except for Article 25, which applied from 14 January 2017 as it required Member States to provide information by 13 January 2017. This Practice Note has been revised to reflect these amendments. For details of the provisions in force from 14 July 2017, see Practice Note: European small claims procedure—from 14 July 2017 and European small claims procedure amendments—checklist [Archived], which presents the original text alongside the updated wording.

When the procedure applies EC Regulation 861/2007 applies to cross-border claims not exceeding €2000. A ‘cross-border case’ in this context is one where at least one party is domiciled in a Member State different from that of the court seised, excluding Denmark...

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