Section 145I — Family Proceedings Act 1980: Interim maintenance

145I Interim maintenance (1) Where an application for a maintenance order or for the variation, extension, suspension, or discharge of a maintenance order has been filed, any District Court Judge may make an order directing the respondent to pay such periodical sum as the District Court Judge thinks reasonable towards the future maintenance of any of the respondent's children until the final determination of the proceedings or until the order sooner ceases to be in force. (2) No order made under this section shall continue in force for more than 6 months after the date on which it is made. (3) An order made under this section may be varied, suspended, discharged, or enforced in the same manner as if it were a final order of a Family Court. Sections 145A to 145J were inserted, as from 1 July 1992, by section 21 Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 144).