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What does Maintenance mean?

Payments made to a spouse or civil partner or a former spouse or civil partner for themselves or for a child of the family.

A spouse or civil partner is able to apply for financial provision from the other under respectively the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 or the Civil Partnership Act 2004. An unmarried partner can apply for maintenance provision for a child (and a carer's allowance for themselves) under Schedule 1 and s 15 of the Children Act 1989.

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Legal risk management checklist—in-house legal team

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Procedural guide—applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989

Procedural guide—applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 An application under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) will proceed in accordance with the standard procedure, unless the application is for periodical payments only (ie no capital orders are sought). Similarly where an application is made to vary an order, the fast-track procedure will only apply if the application concerns the variation of a periodical payments order and no form of capitalisation is sought. See Practice Note: Fast-track (shortened) financial remedy procedure. An application under ChA 1989, Sch 1 is made in the Family Court and allocated to a district judge. See Practice Notes: Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 and Issuing financial proceedings in Form A (standard procedure). This Procedural Guide is primarily concerned with applications under the standard procedure. The pre-action protocol and overriding objective defined in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) apply to applications under ChA 1989, Sch 1—see Practice Note: Financial proceedings—pre-application requirements—Pre-application protocol (FPR 2010, PD 9A, Annex)....

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Maintenance provision for children under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989

This Practice Note sets out the jurisdiction of the court to make a periodical payments order for a child (maintenance provision) under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) and details what orders may be made, who may apply and the circumstances in which an order may be made for a child over the age of 18. It also considers matters the court will have regard to, the position in relation to half siblings and relevant case law.Most child maintenance will be dealt with by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), see Practice Notes: Statutory child support scheme and Child support—jurisdiction, however, by virtue of ChA 1989, s 15 and Sch 1, the court has jurisdiction to make a periodical payments order for a child in certain defined circumstances. The majority of such applications relate to parties who have not married or entered into a civil partnership. The issue of whether a periodical payments order under Sch 1 could include an element of ‘carer's allowance’ has been considered and...

Capitalised maintenance on variation

This Practice Note sets out the circumstances in which the court may make a lump sum order by way of capitalised maintenance on an application for the variation of a periodical payments order in favour of a party to the marriage or civil partnership. Such orders may not be made in nullity or judicial separation proceedings. It considers the orders that can be made by the court, the courts’ approach and when the ‘fast-track’ financial remedy procedure under the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955 will apply.General principlesUnder sections 31(7A)–(7F) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) and the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) equivalent provisions, the court has the power in specified circumstances to make a lump sum order, property adjustment orders or pension sharing orders (unless the pension was shared at the time of the original divorce/dissolution or separation proceedings) by way of capitalisation of the maintenance provision made in favour of a party to the marriage.These powers may be exercised only where, after...

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Have remedies under section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925 been removed in relation to a modern ‘service charge’ type charge payable by owners on an estate (eg a typical newbuild type estate where there might be common areas, etc paid for collectively by way of variable charge, payable by positive covenant). Are these estate rentcharges?

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