Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 66L

             (1)  A court must not make a child maintenance order in relation to a child who is 18 or over unless the court is satisfied that the provision of the maintenance is necessary:

                     (a)  to enable the child to complete his or her education; or

                     (b)  because of a mental or physical disability of the child.

The court may make such a child maintenance order, in relation to a child who is 17, to take effect when or after the child turns 18.

             (2)  A court must not make a child maintenance order in relation to a child that extends beyond the day on which the child will turn 18 unless the court is satisfied that the provision of the maintenance beyond that day is necessary:

                     (a)  to enable the child to complete his or her education; or

                     (b)  because of a mental or physical disability of the child.

             (3)  A child maintenance order in relation to a child stops being in force when the child turns 18 unless the order is expressed to continue in force after then.