Maintenance
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Maintenance is money that is paid by one parent to the other parent to support the child when the parents are separated. To claim maintenance from the father of a child born outside of marriage (ex-nuptial) it must be proven who the father is. The Family Law Act recognises fatherhood if:
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- the father's name is on the birth certificate
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- the father formally admits that he is the father or
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