SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 E+W Financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.

Part 13 E+W Consent orders and maintenance agreements

Validity of maintenance agreements E+W

68 E+W If a maintenance agreement includes a provision purporting to restrict any right to apply to a court for an order containing financial arrangements—

(a) that provision is void, but

(b) any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement—

(i) are not void or unenforceable as a result, and

(ii) unless void or unenforceable for any other reason, are (subject to paragraphs 69 and 73) binding on the parties to the agreement.