Particular matters to be taken into account when exercising powers in relation to childrenE+W
6(1)This paragraph applies in relation to the exercise by the court of its power to make an order by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(c) or (d).E+W
(2)The court must in particular have regard to—
(a)the financial needs of the child;
(b)the income, earning capacity (if any), property and other financial resources of the child;
(c)any physical or mental disability of the child;
(d)the standard of living enjoyed by the family before the occurrence of the conduct which is alleged as the ground of the application;
(e)the way in which the child was being and in which the civil partners expected the child to be educated or trained;
(f)the considerations mentioned in relation to the civil partners in paragraph 5(2)(a) and (b).
(3)In relation to the exercise of its power to make an order in favour of a child of the family who is not the respondent’s child, the court must also have regard to—
(a)whether the respondent has assumed any responsibility for the child’s maintenance;
(b)if so, the extent to which, and the basis on which, the respondent assumed that responsibility and the length of time during which the respondent discharged that responsibility;
(c)whether in assuming and discharging that responsibility the respondent did so knowing that the child was not the respondent’s child;
(d)the liability of any other person to maintain the child.