(1) A court must not
make a child maintenance order in relation to a child who is 18 or more years
of age unless the court is satisfied that the provision of the maintenance is
necessary —
(a) to
enable the child to complete the child’s education; or
(b)
because of a mental or physical disability of the child.
(1a) The court may
make a child maintenance order referred to in subsection (1), in relation to a
child who is 17 years of age, to take effect when or after the child attains
the age of 18 years.
(2) A court must not
make a child maintenance order in relation to a child that extends beyond the
day on which the child will turn 18 years of age unless the court is satisfied
that the provision of the maintenance beyond that day is necessary —
(a) to
enable the child to complete the child’s education; or
(b)
because of a mental or physical disability of the child.
(3) A child
maintenance order in relation to a child stops being in force when the child
turns 18 years of age unless the order is expressed to continue in force after
then.
[Section 123 amended: No. 25 of 2002 s. 58.]