Family Law Newswatch report
French mother and the father lived together briefly in England and had a child together - mother returned to France with child, obtained French order for child maintenance, and then a Schedule 1 Children Act order for a lump sum and maintenance - father appealed - appeal allowed - under Schedule 1, para 14 of the 1989 Act, where one parent lived in England & Wales and the child lived outside England & Wales with the other parent, the court could make a periodical payments order, or a secured periodical payments order, but not a lump sum or a property adjustment order, and the maintenance order was in conflict with the French order.
