Judgment_paragraph 64 · W. J. v L. J. and J. J (C-644/20)

64Next, it must be emphasised that Article 3 of the Hague Protocol reflects the system of connecting rules on which that protocol is based since such a system is intended to ensure the foreseeability of the applicable law by ensuring that the law designated is not devoid of a sufficient connection with the family situation at issue, it being understood that the law of the habitual residence of the maintenance creditor appears in principle to be the law most closely connected with that creditor’s situation and to be the best adapted to govern the specific problems which he or she may encounter (see, to that effect, judgments of 7 June 2018, KP, C‑83/17, EU:C:2018:408, paragraphs 41 to 43, and of 20 September 2018, Mölk, C‑214/17, EU:C:2018:744, paragraph 28).