PIL instrument(s)
Maintenance Regulation
Hague Maintenance Protocol
Case number and/or case name
AG Karlsruhe, 23.06.2014 – 7 F 9/13
Details of the court
Germany, First Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Hague Maintenance Protocol
Date of the judgement
22 June 2014
CJEU's case law cited by the court
Summary
The parties had concluded a settlement regarding maintenance obligations before a Polish court in 2005. The applicant, who lives in Poland, was seeking an amendment of the court settlement due to a deterioration of his financial circumstances. The creditor, who lives in Germany with his mother, brought a counterclaim requesting an increase in child support. The court applied German law pursuant to Art. 15 Maintenance Regulation in conjunction with Art. 3 (1) Hague Maintenance Protocol and recalculated the amount of maintenance due based on Eurostat's Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) statistics.