Appeal by the wife against an order dismissing her applications for the determination and enforcement of alleged arrears of child maintenance and for variation of a previous child maintenance order. The basis for the dismissal of enforcement of the alleged arrears of child maintenance was that this issue had been decided against the wife in the Courts of Illinois, USA, and that, for the wife to seek to re-litigate them in this jurisdiction offended the principal of res judicata and/or amounted to an abuse of the process of the court. The dismissal of the application for a variation of child maintenance was on the basis that the application was an abuse and should be struck out under Part 4 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010.
Judges:
Bodey J
Citations:
[2015] EWHC 514 (Fam)
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Family, Children
Updated: 08 September 2022; Ref: scu.543960