Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989

Amendment of section 3 of Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976.

25.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, section 3 (1) of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 , is hereby amended by the deletion in the definition of “antecedent order” of—

“(i) an order for payment of alimony pending suit or permanent alimony;”

and the substitution of—

“(i) an order for alimony pending suit;

(j) an order for payment of maintenance pending suit under the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989, or a periodical payments order under that Act”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the application of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 , to an order for payment of permanent alimony in force at the commencement of this Act.