FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 141
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 141
141 . Orders for, and unspent, child bearing expenses
(1) An order made
under this Subdivision must recite the finding, as is appropriate in the case,
that —
(a) the
woman is pregnant by a man named in the order as the father of the
woman’s unborn child, or the person named in the order is the parent of
the woman’s unborn child under section 6A of the Artificial Conception
Act 1985 ; or
(b) the
woman has been delivered of a child or a stillborn child of which a person
named in the order is, or was, the father, or the parent under section 6A of
the Artificial Conception Act 1985 ,
and a reference in
subsection (2) to the other parent is a reference to the person named in the
relevant order.
(2) If —
(a)
money has been paid in accordance with an order made under this Subdivision;
and
(b) the
pregnancy that is the subject of the order has come to an end but the woman
has not given birth to a live child; and
(c) the
money has not been spent by the time the pregnancy came to an end,
then, on the
application of any party, or of its own motion, a court may direct that the
money —
(d) be
kept by the woman; or
(e) be
repaid to the other parent; or
(f) be
divided, in such proportions as the court thinks fit, between the woman and
the other parent.
[Section 141 amended: No. 3 of 2002 s. 66.]
[ 142. Deleted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 175.]