5 Age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders
Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (1978 c 22) | Legislation

5  Age limit on making orders for financial provision for children and duration of such orders

(1)     Subject to subsection (3) below, no order shall be made under section 2(1)(c) or (d) of this Act in favour of a child who has attained the age of eighteen.

(2)     The term to be specified in an order made under section 2(1)(c) of this Act in favour of a child may begin with the date of the making of an application for the order in question or any later date [or a date ascertained in accordance with subsection (5) or (6) below] but—

(a)     shall not in the first instance extend beyond the date of the birthday of the child next following his attaining the upper limit of the compulsory school age [(construed in accordance with section 8 of the Education Act 1996)] [unless the court considers that in the circumstances of the case the welfare of the child requires that it should extend to a later date]; and

(b)     shall not in any event, subject to subsection

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