Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations

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The Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations is a regional treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that harmonizes rules for recognizing and enforcing family support and maintenance obligations across member countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international convention
multilateral treaty
regional human rights instrument
adoptedBy Organization of American States NERFINISHED
adoptedWithin Inter-American system NERFINISHED
aimsTo ensure prompt and effective support payments across borders
promote legal certainty in international family support cases
reduce obstacles to cross-border recovery of maintenance
appliesTo children
former spouses
other family dependents
spouses
bindingOn states that ratify the convention
establishes rules on applicable law in support matters
rules on enforcement of foreign support decisions
rules on international cooperation between authorities
rules on jurisdiction in support matters
rules on recognition of foreign support decisions
geographicalScope Americas NERFINISHED
OAS member states
language English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
legalDomain child support
family law
maintenance obligations
private international law
spousal support
promotes cooperation between central authorities in support cases
protects creditors of maintenance obligations
the economic rights of children and dependents
purpose to ensure effective international recovery of family maintenance
to facilitate recognition and enforcement of foreign support decisions
to harmonize rules on support obligations among OAS member states
to protect the right to receive maintenance
region Caribbean
Latin America
relatedTo Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance NERFINISHED
Inter-American human rights instruments NERFINISHED
Organization of American States Charter NERFINISHED
requires contracting states to enforce foreign support decisions under specified conditions
contracting states to recognize foreign support decisions under specified conditions
subjectMatter enforcement of foreign judgments
family support
maintenance obligations
recognition of foreign judgments
support obligations

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Treaties of the Organization of American States hasPart Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations