AI Summary of 43. Interpretation.
This document delineates various orders associated with maintenance obligations, including definitions for "antecedent order," which encompasses maintenance and variation orders, interim orders, and specific section orders. The terms "attachment of earnings order," "earnings," "maintenance creditor," and "maintenance debtor" are clearly defined to establish the legal framework governing financial responsibilities between parties.
Additionally, it clarifies the employment relationship concerning wage payments, ensuring clarity in duties associated with earnings disbursement. The reference to District Court clerks underscores the continuity and transferability of roles within this legal context, emphasising the importance of regulatory compliance in family law matters.
43. Interpretation.
"antecedent order" means - (a) a maintenance order, (b) a variation order, (c) an interim order, (d) an order under section 48 insofar as it is deemed under that section to be a maintenance order, or (e) an order for maintenance pending suit under section 116 or a periodical payments order or secured periodical payments order under Part 12;
"attachment of earnings order" means an order under section 53;
"desertion" includes conduct on the part of one civil partner that results in the other civil partner, with just cause, leaving and living separately and apart from the first civil partner;