Abstract :
As family is the fundamental unit of the society, partial intervention of states is required in this field. In particular, the rights of children who are the most vulnerable group within the family are protected by domestic law of states as well as the international instruments. Due to international relations that became highly intense and the increase in mixed marriages, the maintenance subject has become a cross-border issue required to be dealt with. In this context, several international conventions were adopted to facilitate the payment of maintenance debt in a foreign country. Since Turkey is a party to the most significant of those conventions regarding maintenance decisions which are the resources of EU regulations, requirements of EU acquis have already been met. The important issue, however, is the direct recognition of decisions and to facilitate the enforcement in order to remove the barriers tosupport for children. Thus, ‘mutual confidence in each other’s judicial system’ as a fundamental tenet of judicial cooperation has to be assimilated by the Turkish judicial system as a matter of priority.
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Rights of Children , Maintenance Decision , Hague Convention , New York Convention.
