s 66D
In forcePrinciples—when step‑parents have a duty to maintain
Volume 1s 1-90
Part VIIChildren
Division 7Child maintenance orders
Subdivision BObjects and principles
66D Principles—when step‑parents have a duty to maintain
(1)
The step‑parent of a child has, subject to this Division, the duty of maintaining a child if, and only if, a court, by order under section 66M, determines that it is proper for the step‑parent to have that duty.
(2)
Any duty of a step‑parent to maintain a step‑child:
(a)
is a secondary duty subject to the primary duty of the parents of the child to maintain the child; and
(b)
does not derogate from the primary duty of the parents to maintain the child.
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