Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for user equipment UE (105) in a Fifth Generation wireless network using a Location Management Function LMF (152V) based control plane CP location solution. The LMF serves as the main anchor point for location support instead of an Access and Mobility Management Function AMF (154). The LMF may be in either a serving Public LandMobile Network PLMN (150-1) for UE or in a Home PLMN (140-1) for roaming UE. The LMF may obtain location information for a UE via an AMF from a Next Generation Radio Access Network (112) or the UE andmay interact with a Gateway Mobile Location Center (155V, 155H) to receive location requests from and return location information to an external client (130). The LMF solution may be more efficient and require less implementation than an AMF based CP location solution.