Part 7N.I.Maintenance pending outcome of dissolution, nullity or separation proceedings
33N.I.On an application for a dissolution, nullity or separation order, the court may make an order requiring either civil partner to make to the other for the other’s maintenance such periodical payments for such term—
(a)beginning no earlier than the date on which the application was made, and
(b)ending with the date on which the proceedings are determined,
as the court thinks reasonable.