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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-22",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
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  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to the exercise by the court in relation to a child of the family of its powers under—\n(a) Part 1 (financial provision on dissolution etc.) by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(d), (e) or (f)),\n(b) Part 2 (property adjustment orders), or\n(c) Part 3 (sale of property orders).\n(2) The court must in particular have regard to—\n(a) the financial needs of the child;\n(b) the income, earning capacity (if any), property and other financial resources of the child;\n(c) any physical or mental disability of the child;\n(d) the way in which the child was being and in which the civil partners expected the child to be educated or trained;\n(e) the considerations mentioned in relation to the civil partners in paragraph 21(2)(a), (b), (c) and (e).\n(3) In relation to the exercise of any of those powers against a civil partner (“A”) in favour of a child of the family who is not A’s child, the court must also have regard to—\n(a) whether A has assumed any responsibility for the child’s maintenance;\n(b) if so, the extent to which, and the basis upon which, A assumed such responsibility and the length of time for which A discharged such responsibility;\n(c) whether in assuming and discharging such responsibility A did so knowing that the child was not A’s child;\n(d) the liability of any other person to maintain the child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/5/paragraph/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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