SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.
Part 11Variation, discharge etc. of certain orders for financial relief
Additional powers on discharging or varying a periodical or secured periodical payments order after dissolution of civil partnership
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1
Sub-paragraph (2) applies if, after the dissolution of a civil partnership, the court—
a
discharges a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order made in favour of a civil partner, or
b
varies such an order so that payments under the order are required to be made or secured only for such further period as is determined by the court.
2
The court may make supplemental provision consisting of any of the following—
a
an order for the payment of a lump sum in favour of one of the civil partners;
b
one or more property adjustment orders in favour of one of the civil partners;
c
one or more pension sharing orders;
d
a direction that the civil partner in whose favour the original order discharged or varied was made is not entitled to make any further application for—
i
a periodical payments or secured periodical payments order, or
ii
an extension of the period to which the original order is limited by any variation made by the court.
3
The power under sub-paragraph (2) is in addition to any power the court has apart from that sub-paragraph.