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Family Proceedings Act 1980

Maintenance of spouses and de facto partners - Miscellaneous provisions as to maintenance

96: Maintenance order in favour of mentally disordered person

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"Helping someone with mental health issues get money they need"

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You can get a maintenance order to help someone who is in hospital for mental health care. This order can say how much money they get while they are in hospital, as defined in the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. The order can also say how much money they get when they are not in hospital.

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Part 6Maintenance of spouses and de facto partners
Miscellaneous provisions as to maintenance

96Maintenance order in favour of mentally disordered person

  1. Where a maintenance order is made by a court for the payment of a periodical sum in favour of a person who at the date of the making of the order is receiving care and treatment in a hospital as defined in section 2 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, the order may provide for—

  2. the payment of a periodical sum in respect of periods while that person is receiving care and treatment in such a hospital; and
    1. the payment of a different periodical sum in respect of periods while that person is not receiving care and treatment in such a hospital.

      Notes
      • Section 96: amended, on , pursuant to section 137(1) of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (1992 No 46).