FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 66D Principles--when step - parents have a duty to maintain

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 66D

  (1)   The step - parent of a child has, subject to this Division, the duty of maintaining a child if, and only if, a court, by order under section   66M, determines that it is proper for the step - parent to have that duty.

  (2)   Any duty of a step - parent to maintain a step - child:

  (a)   is a secondary duty subject to the primary duty of the parents of the child to maintain the child; and

  (b)   does not derogate from the primary duty of the parents to maintain the child.