SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 E+W[F1 Financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 title substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 200; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Part 1 E+WFailure to maintain etc.: financial provision

Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising its powers under this Part—general E+W

4 E+WIf an application is made for an order under this Part, the court, in deciding—

(a) whether to exercise its powers under this Part, and

(b) if so, in what way,

must have regard to all the circumstances of the case, giving first consideration to the welfare while under 18 of any child of the family who has not reached 18.