Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 5Children
78Financial provision for children
1
Amend Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act (financial provision for children) as follows.
2
In paragraph 2(6) (meaning of “periodical payments order”) after paragraph (d) insert—
e
Part 1 or 9 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.);
f
Schedule 6 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in the magistrates' courts etc.),
3
In paragraph 15(2)
(person with whom a child lives or is to live) after “husband or wife” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
4
For paragraph 16(2) (extended meaning of “parent”) substitute—
2
In this Schedule, except paragraphs 2 and 15, “parent” includes—
a
any party to a marriage (whether or not subsisting) in relation to whom the child concerned is a child of the family, and
b
any civil partner in a civil partnership (whether or not subsisting) in relation to whom the child concerned is a child of the family;
and for this purpose any reference to either parent or both parents shall be read as a reference to any parent of his and to all of his parents.