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 ⓘ
adoptedWithin Inter-American system ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Inter-American human rights instruments ⓘ
Organization of American States Charter ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations → relatedTo → Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations