SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 3GText of the 2007 Hague Convention
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
CHAPTER IIIAPPLICATIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AUTHORITIES
Article 15Free legal assistance for child support applications
1
The requested State shall provide free legal assistance in respect of all applications by a creditor under this Chapter concerning maintenance obligations arising from a parent-child relationship towards a person under the age of 21 years.
2
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the requested State may, in relation to applications other than those under Article 10(1) (a) and (b) and the cases covered by Article 20(4), refuse free legal assistance if it considers that, on the merits, the application or any appeal is manifestly unfounded.
Sch. 3G inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 4 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 8)