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Maintenance Act 1965
sec.12Court may order mother to maintain children
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### sec.12 Court may order mother to maintain children
Where the court, upon complaint made on behalf of a child of the family, is satisfied—
that the child is left by the mother without adequate means of support provided by her and was so left on the date alleged in the complaint; or
that the mother is about to remove out of Queensland or into a distant part of Queensland and leave the child without adequate means of support provided by her;
the court may order the mother to pay for or towards the maintenance of the child such amount as it thinks reasonable.
- (a) that the child is left by the mother without adequate means of support provided by her and was so left on the date alleged in the complaint; or
- (b) that the mother is about to remove out of Queensland or into a distant part of Queensland and leave the child without adequate means of support provided by her;