Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part VII · Matters Incidental to Matrimonial Proceedings
80. Compounding of maintenance
Feedback & supportAn agreement for the payment, in money or other property, of a capital sum in settlement of all future claims to maintenance, shall not be effective until it has been approved, or approved subject to conditions, by the court, but when so approved shall be a good defence to any claim for maintenance.
court
Defined · s 2
“court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof or, where a Sessions Court Judge has jurisdiction by virtue of subsection (2), the Sessions Court or a Sessions Court Judge of that Court;