Family Proceedings Act 1980

Overseas maintenance - Maintenance of children in respect of applications from persons in Convention countries

145I: Interim maintenance

You could also call this:

"Temporary money help for kids while a court case is happening"

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You can get an interim maintenance order when someone applies for a maintenance order. A District Court Judge can make this order, which means the respondent must pay money to help maintain their children until the case is finished. The Judge decides how much money is reasonable. You should know that this order only lasts for a certain time. It cannot be in force for more than 6 months after it is made. After that, it stops. The interim maintenance order can be changed, stopped, or cancelled like a final order from the Family Court. It can also be enforced in the same way as a final order from the Family Court, as amended by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016.

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145H: Contributions by other parent, or

"Asking the other parent to help pay for your child"

145J: Procedures relating to applications from persons in Convention countries, or

"What happens when someone from another country applies to the court for help"

Part 8Overseas maintenance
Maintenance of children in respect of applications from persons in Convention countries

145IInterim maintenance

Where an application for a maintenance order or for the variation, extension, suspension, or discharge of a maintenance order has been filed, any District Court Judge may make an order directing the respondent to pay such periodical sum as the District Court Judge thinks reasonable towards the future maintenance of any of the respondent's children until the final determination of the proceedings or until the order sooner ceases to be in force.
No order made under this section shall continue in force for more than 6 months after the date on which it is made.
An order made under this section may be varied, suspended, discharged, or enforced in the same manner as if it were a final order of the Family Court.

Notes

Section 145I: inserted, on 1 July 1992, by section 21 of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 144).
Section 145I(3): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).