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Civil Partnership Act 2004, Cross Heading: Matters to which court is to have regard in exercising powers under this Part is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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59(1)In exercising the powers conferred by this Part the court 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.E+W
(2)The circumstances of the case include, in particular, any change in any of the matters to which the court was required to have regard when making the order to which the application relates.
(3)Sub-paragraph (4) applies in the case of—
(a)a periodical payments order, or
(b)a secured periodical payments order,
made on or after the making of a dissolution or nullity order.
(4)The court must consider whether in all the circumstances, and after having regard to any such change, it would be appropriate to vary the order so that payments under the order are required—
(a)to be made, or
(b)to be secured,
only for such further period as will in the opinion of the court be sufficient to enable the civil partner in whose favour the order was made to adjust without undue hardship to the termination of those payments.
(5)In considering what further period will be sufficient, the court must, if the civil partnership has been dissolved, take into account any proposed exercise by it of its powers under paragraph 53.
(6)If the civil partner against whom the order was made has died, the circumstances of the case also include the changed circumstances resulting from that civil partner’s death.
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