PIL instrument(s)
Hague Maintenance Protocol
Case number and/or case name
OLG Bremen, 24.04.2012 - 4 WF 207/11
Details of the court
Germany, Second Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Hague Maintenance Protocol
Article 4
Paragraph 1
SubParagraph a
Paragraph 1
SubParagraph b
Paragraph 1
SubParagraph c
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Date of the judgement
23 April 2012
CJEU's case law cited by the court
Summary
The plaintiff is the son of the defendant and lives in Michigan/USA. The defendant lives in Germany. The plaintiff sues for maintenance for a period of time until 2010. The court stated that US law is applicable and not German law because the Hague Protocol is only applicable from 2011 on.