Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205ZK

205ZK .         Cessation of de facto maintenance orders — FLA s. 82

        (1)         An order with respect to the maintenance of a de facto partner ceases to have effect upon the death of the partner or the person liable to make payments under the order.

        (2)         Nothing in this section affects the recovery of arrears due under an order at the time when the order ceased to have effect.

        (3)         An order with respect to the maintenance of a de facto partner ceases to have effect on the marriage of the person unless in special circumstances a court otherwise orders.

        (4)         Where a marriage referred to in subsection (3) takes place, it is the duty of the person for whose benefit the order was made to inform without delay the person liable to make payments under the order of the date of the marriage.

        (5)         Any money paid in respect of a period after the event referred to in subsection (3) may be recovered in a court.

        [Section 205ZK inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47.]