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s 66Q

Urgent child maintenance orders

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Volume 1s 1-90
Part VIIChildren
Division 7Child maintenance orders
Subdivision EOther aspects of courts’ powers

66Q Urgent child maintenance orders

If, in proceedings for a child maintenance order in relation to a child:

(a)

the court considers that the child is in immediate need of financial assistance; but

(b)

it is not practicable in the circumstances to determine immediately what order (if any) should be made;

the court may order the payment, pending the disposal of the proceedings, of such periodic or other amount as the court considers appropriate.

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