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de saisir le juge des affaires familiales afin de faire homologuer la convention par laquelle ils
fixent la contribution à l’entretien et l’éducation de l’enfant.
Le versement d’aliments prend en principe la forme d’un paiement périodique.
Cependant, en matière de contribution à l’entretien et l’éducation d’un enfant, la loi prévoit
que la pension alimentaire peut, en tout ou partie, prendre la forme d’une prise en charge
directe de frais exposés au profit de l’enfant et qu’elle peut être servie sous forme d’un droit
d’usage et d’habitation. En outre, lorsque la consistance des biens du débiteur s’y prête, la
pension alimentaire peut être remplacée, en tout ou partie, par le versement d’une somme
d’argent entre les mains d’un organisme accrédité chargé d’accorder en contrepartie à l’enfant
une rente indexée, l’abandon de biens en usufruit ou l’affectation de biens productifs de
revenus.
GERMANY
Maintenance between relatives is to be granted by effecting payment of an annuity to be paid
monthly in advance. The obligor may request to be permitted to provide it in another manner
if special reasons justify this (section 1612 subsections 1 and 3 of the Civil Code [Bürgerliches
Gesetzbuch - BGB]). If parents are obliged to grant support to an unmarried child, they may
determine how and for what period in advance support is to be granted (section 1612
subsection 2 first sentence of the Civil Code).
Maintenance rights between parents who are not married with one another are to be met in
line with the provisions relating to maintenance obligations between relatives (section 1615l
subsection 3 first sentence of the Civil Code).
Maintenance between spouses is to be granted in the manner suggested by the marital cohabitation
(section 1360a subsection 2 first sentence of the Civil Code). With post-marital
maintenance, ongoing maintenance is to be granted by paying an annuity monthly in advance.
Instead of the annuity, the obligee may demand a lump sum in capital if an important reason
applies and the obligor is not unfairly burdened thereby (section 1585 subsection 1 first and
second sentences, and subsection 2 of the Civil Code).
ISRAEL
(a) Child support is always periodic.
(b) In terms of the law applicable to the majority of the population, a husband is only
required to maintain his wife while they are still married and the duty to maintain the
wife does not extend beyond divorce. Maintenance for both a spouse and other family
members is also periodic.
JAPAN
If no agreement is reached or possible on the extent and mode of maintenance, the Family
Court shall determine such matters, taking into account the needs of the creditor, the resource
of the debtor and all other circumstances (Article 879 of the Civil Code). The court has
discretion in determining the form of decision, which includes periodic payment, lump sum,
etc.
LUXEMBOURG
Les décisions relatives à des aliments se limitent en principe à la condamnation à des
paiements périodiques. Dans la mesure où le secours alimentaire est à allouer en fonction du
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