Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:66l
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 66L
Character Range: 301733–302683

66L  Children who are 18 or over
 (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 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 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.