Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10
121E. Interim orders for financial provision
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Where permission is granted under section 121D and it appears to the court that the applicant or any child of the marriage is in immediate financial need, the court may make an interim order for —
applicant
“applicant” means a person who makes a maintenance enforcement application;
a man to make financial provision for his wife or former wife (as the case may be) or any child of the marriage; (aa)a woman to make financial provision for her incapacitated husband or incapacitated former husband (as the case may be) or for any child of the marriage; or
a parent to make financial provision for any child of the marriage.
An interim order under subsection (1) may be made for such term, being a term beginning not earlier than the date of the grant of permission and ending with the date of the determination of the application for an order for financial relief, as the court thinks reasonable.
order for financial relief
“order for financial relief” means an order made under section 121G of a description mentioned in that section.
An interim order under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions as the court thinks fit.