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Maintenance Act 1965
sec.10Court may order husband to maintain wife
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### sec.10 Court may order husband to maintain wife
Where the court, upon complaint made by or on behalf of a wife, is satisfied—
that she is left by her husband without adequate means of support provided by him and was so left on the date alleged in the complaint; or
that her husband is about to remove out of Queensland or into a distant part of Queensland and leave her without adequate means of support provided by him;
the court may order the husband to pay for or towards her maintenance such amount as it thinks reasonable.
- (a) that she is left by her husband without adequate means of support provided by him and was so left on the date alleged in the complaint; or
- (b) that her husband is about to remove out of Queensland or into a distant part of Queensland and leave her without adequate means of support provided by him;