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(/) the contributions made by each of the parties to the welfare of the family, including any contribution made by looking after the home or caring for the family, (g) in the case of proceedings for divorce or nullity of marriage, the value to either of the parties to the marriage of any benefit (for example, a pension) which, by reason of the dissolution or annulment of the marriage, that party will lose the chance of acquiring.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (3), it shall be the duty of the court in deciding whether to exercise its powers under section 5 or 6 in relation to a child of the family and, if so, in what manner, to have regard to all the circumstances of the case including the following matters, that is to say-
(a) the financial needs of the child;
(b) the income, earning capacity (if any), property and
other financial resources of the child;
(c) any physical or mental disability of the child;
(d) the standard of living enjoyed by the family before the
breakdown of the marriage:
(e) the manner in which he was being and in which the
parties to the marriage expected him to be educated;
and so to exercise those powers as to place the child, so far as it is practicable and, having regard to the considerations mentioned in relation to the parties to the marriage in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), just to do so, in the financial position in which the child would have been if the marriage had not broken down and each of those parties had properly discharged his or her financial obligations and responsibilities towards him.
(3) It shall be the duty of the court in deciding whether to exercise its powers under section 5 or 6 against a party to a marriage in favour of a child of the family who is not the child of that party and, if so, in what manner, to have regard (among the circumstances of the case)-
(a) to whether that party had assumed any responsibility for the child's maintenance and, if so, to the extent to which, and the basis upon which, that party assumed such res- ponsibility and to the length of time for which that party discharged such responsibility:
(b) to whether in assuming and discharging such responsi- bility that party did so knowing that the child was not his or her own:
(c) to the liability of any other person to maintain the child.
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(1) Either party to a marriage may apply to the court for an order under this section on the ground that the other party to the marriage (in this section referred to as the respondent)—
(a) being the husband, has wilfully neglected-
(i) to provide reasonable maintenance for the appli-
cant, or
(i) to provide, or to make a proper contribution towards, reasonable maintenance for any child of the family to whom this section applies;
(b) being the wife, has wilfully neglected to provide, or to make a proper contribution towards, reasonable main-
tenance-
(3) for the applicant in a case where, by reason of the impairment of the applicant's earning capacity through age, illness or disability of mind or body, and having regard to any resources of the applicant and the res- pondent respectively which are, or should properly be made, available for the purpose, it is reasonable in all the circumstances to expect the respondent so to provide or contribute, or
(ii) for any child of the family to whom this section applies.
(2) The court shall not entertain an application under this section unless it would have jurisdiction to entertain proceedings by the applicant for judicial separation.
(3) This section applies to any child of the family for whose maintenance it is reasonable in all the circumstances to expect the respondent to provide or towards whose maintenance it is rea- sonable in all the circumstances to expect the respondent to make a proper contribution.
(4) Where the child of the family to whom the application under this section relates is not the child of the respondent, then, in deciding-
(a) whether the respondent has been guilty of wilful neglect to provide, or to make a proper contribution towards, reasonable maintenance for the child, and
Neglect by Party to marriage to maintain other party or child of the family. 1970 c. 45, 1. 6.
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