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PROPERTY (RELATIONSHIPS) ACT 1984 - SECT 27
Order for maintenance
27 Order for maintenance
(1) On an application by a party to a domestic relationship for an order under
this Part for maintenance, a court may make an order for maintenance (whether
for periodic maintenance or otherwise) where the court is satisfied as to
either or both of the following-- (a) that the applicant is unable to support
himself or herself adequately by reason of having the care and control of a
child of the parties to the relationship or a child of the respondent, being,
in either case, a child who is, on the day on which the application is made--
(i) except in the case of a child referred to in subparagraph (ii)--under the
age of 12 years, or
(ii) in the case of a physically handicapped child or
mentally handicapped child--under the age of 16 years,
(b) that the applicant
is unable to support himself or herself adequately because the applicant's
earning capacity has been adversely affected by the circumstances of the
relationship and, in the opinion of the court-- (i) an order for maintenance
would increase the applicant's earning capacity by enabling the applicant to
undertake a course or programme of training or education, and
(ii) it is,
having regard to all the circumstances of the case, reasonable to make the
order.
(2) In determining whether to make an order under this Part for
maintenance and in fixing any amount to be paid pursuant to such an order, a
court shall have regard to-- (a) the income, property and financial resources
of each party to the relationship (including the rate of any pension,
allowance or benefit paid to either party to the relationship or the
eligibility of either party to the relationship for a pension, allowance or
benefit) and the physical and mental capacity of each party to the
relationship for appropriate gainful employment,
(b) the financial needs and
obligations of each party to the relationship,
(c) the responsibilities of
either party to the relationship to support any other person,
(d) the terms
of any order made or proposed to be made under section 20 with respect to the
property of the parties to the relationship, and
(e) any payments made,
pursuant to an order of a court or otherwise, in respect of the maintenance of
a child or children in the care and control of the applicant.
(3) In making
an order for maintenance, a court shall ensure that the terms of the order
will, so far as is practicable, preserve any entitlement of the applicant to a
pension, allowance or benefit.
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