Children: Maintenance

(asked on 23rd June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre will have a system in place to receive overseas maintenance payments through the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders from New Zealand.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 2nd July 2021

The UK reciprocates with New Zealand under the 1956 New York Convention, the UN Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance. Payments are already received and processed by the HMCTS Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre under this treaty. The payment processing method is currently being updated.

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