Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05014:section:6:p41
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 41/86)
Character Range: 155921–158619

order in relation to a child stops being in force on the death of the person entitled to receive payments under the order.

"(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to an order if:

   (a) the order is expressed to continue in force after the death of the person first entitled to receive payments under the order; and

   (b) the order specifies the person who is to receive the payments after that death.

Effect of adoption, marriage or entering into a de facto relationship

"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 having jurisdiction under this Part.

"(4) A court having jurisdiction under this Part 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 (including, for example, other laws of the Commonwealth or laws of the States and Territories).

Subdivision does not affect recovery of arrears

"66W. Nothing in this Subdivision affects the recovery of arrears due under an order when the order ceased to be in force.

"Division 8—Other matters relating to children

"Subdivision A—What this Division does

What this Division does

"67A. This Division deals with:

   (a) the liability of a father to contribute towards child bearing expenses if he is not married to the child's mother (Subdivision B); and

(b) orders for the location and recovery of children (Subdivision C); and

(c) the reporting of allegations of child abuse (Subdivision D); and

(d) other orders about children (Subdivision E).

"Subdivision B—Father's liability to contribute towards child bearing expenses if not married to mother

Father liable to contribute towards maintenance and expenses of mother

"67B. The father of a child who is not married to the child's mother is, subject to this Division, liable to make a proper contribution towards:

   (a) the maintenance of the mother for the childbirth maintenance period in relation to the birth of the child; and

(b) the mother's reasonable medical expenses in relation to the pregnancy and birth; and

   (c) if the mother