FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 131

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 131

131 .         Effect of adoption, marriage or entering into de facto relationship — FLA s. 66V

        (1)         A child maintenance order in relation to a child stops being in force if the child is adopted, marries or enters into a de facto relationship.

        (2)         If a child to whom a child maintenance order applies dies, is adopted, marries or enters into a de facto relationship, the person entitled to receive payments under the order must, without delay, inform the person liable to make payments under the order.

        (3)         Any amounts paid under a child maintenance order in relation to a period after the child dies, is adopted, marries or enters into a de facto relationship may be recovered in a court.

        (4)         A court may make a declaration to the effect that a child is in, or has entered into, a de facto relationship.

        (5)         A declaration under subsection (4) has effect for the purposes of this Act but does not have effect for any other purpose.