FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 118

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 118

118 .         Who may apply for child maintenance order — FLA s. 66F

        (1)         Unless subsection (2) applies, a child maintenance order in relation to a child may be applied for by —

            (a)         either or both of the child’s parents; or

            (b)         the child; or

            (ba)         a grandparent of the child; or

            (c)         any other person concerned with the care, welfare or development of the child.

        (2)         A child maintenance order in relation to a child who is under the control or in the care (however described), of a person under a child welfare law may only be applied for by —

            (a)         the child; or

            (b)         a parent of the child who has the daily care of the child; or

            (c)         a relative of the child who has the daily care of the child; or

            (d)         a person who, under a child welfare law, has responsibility for the control or care (however described) of the child.

        [Section 118 amended: No. 25 of 2002 s. 57.]