European e-Justice Portal - Maintenance obligations

FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES

The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.

Article 71 1. (a) - Courts for application for a declaration of enforceability and courts for appeal against decisions on such applications

The court with competence to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability in accordance with Article 27(1) is the Civil Court (Family Section). Its contact details are as follows:

Address:

Civil Court, Family Section

Courts of Justice

Strait Street

Valletta, VLT 2000

Malta

Tel: + 356 2590 2420

Fax: + 356 2590 2895

The court with competence to deal with appeals against decisions on such applications in accordance with Article 32(2) is the Court of Appeal. Its contact details are as follows:

Address:

Court of Appeal

Courts of Justice

Republic Street

Valletta, VLT 2000

Malta

Tel: + 356 2590 2269

Fax: + 356 2590 2895

Article 71 1. (b) - Redress procedure

Once an appeal decision is handed down by the Court of Appeal, no other form of redress is available in Malta.

Article 71 1. (c) - Review procedure

The review procedure for the purposes of Article 19 is laid down in Article 7 of the International Maintenance Obligation Order, 2011 (Legal Notice 452/11) on 'Appeal for a decision on an application for a declaration'. The court with jurisdiction in this regard is the Court of Appeal and its contact details are as follows:

Address:

Court of Appeal

Courts of Justice

Republic Street

Valletta, VLT 2000

Malta

Tel: + 356 2590 2269

Fax: + 356 2590 2895

Article 71 1. (d) - Central Authorities

The Central Authority is the Principal Executive Official of the Social Care Standards Authority. Its contact details are as follows:

Address:

Ministry for the Family, Children's Rights and Social Solidarity

Social Care Standards Authority

469 Bugeia Institute,

St Joseph High Road

Santa Venera SVR 1012

Malta

Tel.: + 356 25494000

Fax: + 356 25494355

Email: feedback-scsa@gov.mt

Website: https://scsa.gov.mt/

Article 71 1. (e) – Public bodies

Not applicable

Article 71 1. (f) – Competent authorities for enforcement

The authority with competence in matters of enforcement for the purposes of Article 21 of the Regulation is the Civil Court (Family Section). Its contact details are as follows:

Address:

Civil Court (Family Section)

Courts of Justice

Strait Street

Valletta, VLT 2000

Malta

Tel: + 356 2590 2420

Fax: + 356 2590 2895

Article 71 1. (g) - Accepted languages for translations of documents

English

Article 71 1. (h) - Languages accepted by Central Authorities for communication with other Central Authorities

Maltese or English

Last update: 08/07/2024

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