Family Law Act, 1995

Amendment of Maintenance Act, 1994.

45.—The Maintenance Act, 1994 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 3, in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definition:

“‘the Act of 1995’ means the Family Law Act, 1995”,

(b) in section 4, in subsection (2) (a), by the insertion of “, 1995” after “(as amended by this Act)”,

(c) in section 14—

(i) in subsection (1) (c), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

“(i) if the amount of maintenance sought to be recovered exceeds the maximum amount which the District Court has jurisdiction to award under the Act of 1976 or, if the request is for a relief order within the meaning of the Act of 1995, make an application to the Circuit Court,”,

(ii) in subsection (3), by the insertion after “1976” of “or a relief order within the meaning of the Act of 1995, as may be appropriate”, and

(iii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e):

“(e) pending the final determination of the application, make an interim order under section 7 of the Act of 1976 or an order under section 24 of the Act of 1995.”.