Clause 7
Duration of orders for maintenance
of Maintenance of Parents Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 7 of 12
Clause 7
(1)
Except where an order for maintenance is expressed to be for any shorter period or where any such order has been rescinded, a maintenance order shall expire —
(a)
if the maintenance was unsecured, on the death of the applicant or the respondent, whichever is the earlier;
(b)
if the maintenance was secured, on the death of the applicant.
(2)
Where a maintenance order was made against more than one respondent, the death of a respondent does not affect the liability of the others to continue paying maintenance to the applicant. The applicant may apply to court to re-apportion the liability among the surviving respondents.