[6 Orders for payments which have been agreed by the parties]
Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (1978 c 22) | Legislation

[6  Orders for payments which have been agreed by the parties]

[(1)     Either party to a marriage may apply to [the family court] for an order under this section on the ground that either the party making the application or the other party to the marriage has agreed to make such financial provision as may be specified in the application and, subject to subsection (3) below, the court on such an application may, if—

(a)     it is satisfied that the applicant or the respondent, as the case may be, has agreed to make that provision, and

(b)     it has no reason to think that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to exercise its powers hereunder,

order that the applicant or the respondent, as the case may be, shall make the financial provision specified in the application.

(2)     In this section “financial provision” means the provision mentioned in any one or more of the following paragraphs, that is to say—

(a)     the making of periodical payments by one party to the other,

(b)     the payment of a lump sum by one party to the other,

(c)     the making of periodical payments by one party to a child

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