{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971/section-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971/section-12A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/3",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship of Minors Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971",
  "path": "section/12A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Matters to which court is to have regard in making orders for maintenance.",
  "text": "In deciding whether to exercise its powers under section 9(2), 10(1)(b) or ll(b) of this Act and, if so, in what manner, the court shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case including the following matters, that is to say—\n(a) the income, earning capacity, property and other financial resources which each parent of the minor has or is likely to have in the foreseeable future;\n(b) the financial needs, obligations and responsibilities which each parent of the minor has or is likely to have in the foreseeable future;\n(c) the financial needs of the minor;\n(d) the income, earning capacity (if any), property and other financial resources of the minor;\n(e) any physical or mental disability of the minor.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 12A–12C inserted by Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22, SIF 49:3), s. 43, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/3/section/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:31.584839+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."
}