# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Available applications

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The following categories of application shall be available to a creditor in a requesting State seeking to recover maintenance under this Convention—
(a) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a decision;
(b) enforcement of a decision made or recognised in the requested State;
(c) establishment of a decision in the requested State where there is no existing decision, including where necessary the establishment of parentage;
(d) establishment of a decision in the requested State where recognition and enforcement of a decision is not possible, or is refused, because of the lack of a basis for recognition and enforcement under Article 20, or on the grounds specified in Article 22 (b) or (e);
(e) modification of a decision made in the requested State;
(f) modification of a decision made in a State other than the requested State.
(2) The following categories of application shall be available to a debtor in a requesting State against whom there is an existing maintenance decision—
(a) recognition of a decision, or an equivalent procedure leading to the suspension, or limiting the enforcement, of a previous decision in the requested State;
(b) modification of a decision made in the requested State;
(c) modification of a decision made in a State other than the requested State.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Convention, the applications in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be determined under the law of the requested State, and applications in paragraphs 1 (c) to (f) and 2 (b) and (c) shall be subject to the jurisdictional rules applicable in the requested State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3G/part/chapter/III/crossheading/available-applications (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3G/part/chapter-III/crossheading-available-applications
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