Section 81
Duration of orders for maintenance
of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976
ActIn forceProvision 84 of 113
Section 81
Except where an order for maintenance is expressed to be for any shorter period or where any such order has been rescinded, and subject to section 82, an order for maintenance shall expire—
(a)
if the maintenance was unsecured, on the death of the husband or of the wife, whichever is the earlier;
(b)
if the maintenance was secured, on the death of the spouse in whose favour it was made.