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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) On an application for a dissolution, nullity or separation order, the court may make an order requiring either civil partner to make to the other for the other’s maintenance such periodical payments for such term—\n(a) beginning no earlier than the date on which the application was made, and\n(b) ending with the date on which the proceedings are determined,\nas the court thinks reasonable.\n(2) An order under this paragraph may not require one civil partner to pay to the other any amount in respect of legal services for the purposes of the proceedings.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “legal services” has the same meaning as in paragraph 38A.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 38 renumbered as Sch. 5 para. 38(1) (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 52(4)(a), 151(1); S.I. 2013/773, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 38(2)(3) inserted (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 52(4)(b), 151(1); S.I. 2013/773, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/5/paragraph/38",
    "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."
}