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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 186

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 186

186 .         Institution of maintenance proceedings by certain persons — FLA s. 69D

        (1)         The Collector of Maintenance or an assistant collector of maintenance may, on behalf of a child —

            (a)         institute and conduct proceedings with respect to the maintenance of the child; and

            (b)         institute and conduct proceedings for the purpose of enforcing a child maintenance order made with respect to the child.

        (2)         Proceedings instituted on behalf of a child under subsection (1) are to be treated, for the purposes of section 185 and the provisions referred to in it, as having been instituted by the child.