Questão jurídica principal
Whether arrears of child maintenance older than five years were time-barred
Decisão extraída
Only the installments due up to and including October 1978 were time-barred; the enforced arrears from November 1978 to February 1984 were still enforceable.
Fundamentação extraída
Each installment is subject to a five-year limitation period. The period was interrupted only by a payment to the statutory representative; payments to the child or third parties did not interrupt limitation. The October 1983 overpayment to the guardianship authority acknowledged the debt and interrupted limitation.