Where a non-resident parent lives abroad, it can be possible to seek the payment of child maintenance through a reciprocal enforcement of maintenance order (REMO). A REMO can also be used in respect of the overseas income of a non-resident parent who is habitually resident in the UK. The UK has REMO arrangements with over a 100 countries. The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper which considers child maintenance cases where a non-resident parent or person with care lives overseas.
The Official Solicitor has published a list of countries where parents can apply to enforce or change a child maintenance decision made in UK courts. This list is set out below with a description of the relevant convention.
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| Countries | Conventions |
| ALBANIA | HAGUE 2007 |
| ALGERIA | UN |
| ANGUILLA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| ANTIGUA | COMMONWEALTH – 1920 |
| AUSTRIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| AUSTRALIA (Will trace if the Territory is known) | |
| AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY + # | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| NEW SOUTH WALES + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| QUEENSLAND + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| TASMANIA + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| VICTORIA + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA + | HAGUE, UN, COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| BAHAMAS | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| BARBADOS | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| BELIZE | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| BELGIUM | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| BERMUDA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | HAGUE 2007 |
| BOTSWANA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| BRAZIL | UN |
| BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| BRUNEI | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| BULGARIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| BURKINA FASO | UN |
| CANADA (Will trace if the province is known) | |
| ALBERTA# | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| MANITOBA # | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NEW BRUNSWICK * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NORTHWEST TERRITORIES * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NOVA SCOTIA + | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NUNAVUT | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| ONTARIO | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| SASKATCHEWAN # | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| YUKON TERRITORY | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| CAPE VERDE | UN |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | UN |
| CHILE | UN |
| CROATIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| CYPRUS (Northern Cyprus – see Turkey) | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| DENMARK | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| DOMINICA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ECUADOR | UN |
| ESTONIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| FIJI | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| FINLAND | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| FRANCE | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| GAMBIA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| GERMANY | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| GHANA * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| GIBRALTAR | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| GREECE | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| GRENADA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| GUATEMALA | UN |
| GUYANA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| GUERNSEY | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| HAITI | UN |
| HOLY SEE | UN |
| HONG KONG | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| HUNGARY | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| ICELAND | LUGANO |
| INDIA * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| IRELAND – The Republic of | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| ISLE OF MAN | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| ISRAEL | UN |
| ITALY | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| JAMAICA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| JERSEY | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| KENYA * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| KIRIBATI | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| LATVIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| LESOTHO | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| LITHUANIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| LUXEMBOURG | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| MACEDONIA (Excluding Yugoslavian Republic) | UN |
| MALAWI | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| MALAYSIA | To be confirmed |
| MALTA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| MAURITIUS | To be confirmed |
| MEXICO | UN |
| MONACO | UN |
| MONTENEGRO | HAGUE 2007 |
| MONTSERRAT | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| MOROCCO | UN |
| NAURA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NETHERLANDS | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| NEW ZEALAND # (Will trace) | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NIGER | UN |
| NIGERIA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| NORFOLK ISLAND + | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| NORWAY | HAGUE 2007 |
| PAKISTAN | UN |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| PHILIPPINES | UN |
| POLAND | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| PORTUGAL | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| ROMANIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| ST CHRISTOPHER (KITTS) AND NEVIS | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ST HELENA | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| ST LUCIA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ST VINCENT | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| SERBIA | UN |
| SEYCHELLES | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| SIERRA LEONE | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| SINGAPORE | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| SLOVAKIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| SLOVENIA | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| SOUTH AFRICA * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| SPAIN (includes the Canary Islands) | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| SRI LANKA | UN, COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| SURINAM | UN |
| SWAZILAND PROTECTORATE | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| SWEDEN | EU Regulation 4/2009 |
| SWITZERLAND | UN, HAGUE, LUGANO |
| TANZANIA (Except Zanzibar) * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| TUNISIA | UN |
| TURKEY | HAGUE 2007 |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| TUVALU | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
| UGANDA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| UKRAINE | HAGUE 2007 |
| UNITED STATES (Will trace) | HAGUE 2007 |
| UPPER VOLTA | UN |
| URUGUAY | UN |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ZAMBIA | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ZANZIBAR | COMMONWEALTH 1920 |
| ZIMBABWE * | COMMONWEALTH – PART 1 |
* Not affiliation orders
# Not provisional affiliation orders
+ Not orders obtained by or in favour of a public authority
NB: COMMONWEALTH 1920 = MAINTENANCE ORDERS (FACILITIES FOR ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1920
COMMONWEALTH PART 1 = MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ACT 1972
For more help on a particular case, it is possible to contact either the relevant MEBC, or the REMO Unit at the Ministry of Justice; their contact details are:
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service Maintenance Enforcement Business Centres:
─ London: 020 7421 8657, or MEBC.London@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk ;
─ England excluding London: 0300 123 3034, or MEBC.BSE@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk ;
─ Wales: 01656 673833, or Wales_MEBC@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk ;
• REMO Unit: 020 3681 2757, or remo@offsol.gsi.gov.uk .
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