Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 115

115 .         Principles: parents have primary duty to maintain — FLA s. 66C

        (1)         The parents of a child have, subject to this Division, the primary duty to maintain the child.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the duty of a parent to maintain a child —

            (a)         is not of lower priority than the duty of the parent to maintain any other child or another person; and

            (b)         has priority over all commitments of the parent other than commitments necessary to enable the parent to support —

                  (i)         himself or herself; or

                  (ii)         any other child or another person that the parent has a duty to maintain;

                and

            (c)         is not affected by —

                  (i)         the duty of any other person to maintain the child; or

                  (ii)         any entitlement of the child or another person to an income tested pension, allowance or benefit.