Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 125

125 .         Determining financial contribution of step-parent — FLA s. 66N

                In determining the financial contribution towards the financial support necessary for the maintenance of the child that should be made by a party to the proceedings who is a step-parent of the child, a court must take into account —

            (a)         the matters referred to in sections 114, 115, 116 and 122; and

            (b)         the extent to which the primary duty of the parents to maintain the child is being, and can be fulfilled.