Trust Administration after the trust-maker's death.

The action is personal to the person entitled to maintenance (see in particular Article 337 of the Civil Code).

Every creditor of support may within six months after the death claim a financial contribution from the succession as support.

(1) if either the maintenance debtor or the maintenance creditor had his habitual residence in the State of origin at the time when the proceedings were instituted; or

A decision rendered against a maintenance debtor on the application of a public body which claims reimbursement of benefits provided for a maintenance creditor shall be recognised and enforced in accordance with this Convention -

2. in matters relating to maintenance, in the courts for the place where the maintenance creditor is domiciled or habitually resident …

if either the maintenance debtor or the maintenance creditor had his habitual residence in the State of origin at the time when the proceedings were instituted; or

A decision rendered against a maintenance debtor on the application of a public body which claims reimbursement of benefits provided for a maintenance creditor shall be recognised and enforced in accordance with this Convention –

1. the authorities of the State in whose territory the maintenance debtor was habitually resident at the time when the proceedings were instituted;

2. the authorities of the State in whose territory the maintenance creditor was habitually resident at the time the proceedings were instituted;

The law states that a person who is entitled to receive support may claim a financial contribution towards support within six months after your death, even if he or she did not exercise the right before you died.

Article 53: The maintenance obligation between ascendants and descendants shall be governed by the law of the State in whose territory the maintenance creditor is domiciled.

The person entitled to maintenance submits the application to the transmitting authority, i.e. the Chief Public Prosecutor, using the various forms provided for under Regulation (EC) No 4/2009.

The Maintenance Regulation is intended to enable a maintenance creditor to obtain easily, in one Member State, a decision which will automatically be enforceable in another Member State without further formalities such as registration.

This regulation aims to enable an individual entitled to maintenance payments, to easily obtain a decision in one Member State, which will automatically be enforceable in another Member State without further formalities.