13 Orders for periodical allowance
Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (1985 c 37) | Legislation

13  Orders for periodical allowance

(1)     An order under section 8(2) of this Act for a periodical allowance may be made—

(a)     on granting decree of divorce [or of dissolution of a civil partnership];

(b)     within such period as the court on granting [the decree] may specify; or

(c)     after [such decree] where—

(i)     no such order has been made previously;

(ii)     application for the order has been made after the date of decree; and

(ii)     since the date of decree there has been a change of circumstances.

(2)     The court shall not make an order for a periodical allowance under section 8(2) of this Act unless—

(a)     the order is justified by a principle set out in paragraph

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