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Section 86

Recovery of arrears of maintenance

of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976

ActIn forceProvision 89 of 113
Section 86

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), arrears of unsecured maintenance which accrued due before the death of the person entitled thereto shall be recoverable as a debt by the legal personal representatives of such person.

(3)

No amount owing as maintenance shall be recoverable in any suit if it accrued due more than three years before the institution of the suit.