Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:66c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 66C
Character Range: 293011–293793

66C  Principles—parents have primary duty to maintain
 (1) The parents of a child have, subject to this Division, the primary duty to maintain the child.
 (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the duty of a parent to maintain a child:
 (a) is not of lower priority than the duty of the parent to maintain any other child or another person; and
 (b) has priority over all commitments of the parent other than commitments necessary to enable the parent to support:
 (i) himself or herself; or
 (ii) any other child or another person that the parent has a duty to maintain; and
 (c) is not affected by:
 (i) the duty of any other person to maintain the child; or
 (ii) any entitlement of the child or another person to an income tested pension, allowance or benefit.