Section 82 — Family Proceedings Act 1980: Interim maintenance

82 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 the respondent's spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner until the final determination of the proceedings or until the order sooner ceases to be in force. (2) [Repealed] (3) [Repealed] (4) No order made under this section shall continue in force for more than 6 months after the date on which it is made. (5) 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. Compare: 1968 No 62 s 77; 1976 No 87 s 2; 1978 No 91 s 2 Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 July 1992, by section 13 Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 144) by omitting the words “ and any of the respondent's children ” . See section 259 Child Support Act 1991 (1991 No 142) as to savings in respect of outstanding maintenance liabilities. Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 February 2002, by section 13 Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 7) by inserting, after the words “ wife or husband ” , the words “ or de facto partner ” . Subsection (1) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 44(2) Civil Union Act 2004 (2004 No 102) by substituting the words “ spouse, civil union partner, ” for the words “ wife or husband ” . Subsections (2) and (3) were repealed, as from 12 December 1983, by section 2 Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 73).