Irish Woman challenges UK Child Support Agency for alleged failure to secure maintenance

An Irish woman living in the UK has sought a declaration in the European Court of Human Rights that the provisions of the UK Child Support Act 1991 were incompatible with Article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights as they denied a parent with children the right of access to a court to seek maintenance. She also sought damages against the UK Child Support Agency for the delay in trying to obtain maintenance payments from her estranged husband for her and her children. Click here to read Irish Times report. Click here to view the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights.