Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part VIII · Protection of Children
96. Power for court to vary orders for custody or maintenance
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When any interested person applies, the court may at any time change or cancel an order for the custody or maintenance of a child if it is satisfied that the order was based on a misrepresentation or mistake of fact, or that there has been a material change in the circumstances.
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The court may at any time and from time to time vary, or may rescind, any order for the custody or maintenance of a child on the application of any interested person, where it is satisfied that the order was based on any misrepresentation or mistake of fact or where there has been any material change in the circumstances.
court
“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;