# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 78: Financial 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-78
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