Just as a husband’s common law duty to maintain his wife would normally be discharged by providing the home which they shared, the father’s duty to maintain his children would be discharged by providing them with a home.
Judges:
Lord Hodson
Citations:
[1948] 2 All ER 1032
Cited by:
Cited – Kehoe, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions HL 14-Jul-2005
The applicant contended that the 1991 Act infringed her human rights in denying her access to court to obtain maintenance for her children.
Held: The applicant had no substantive right to take part in the enforcement process in domestic law . .
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Child Support
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.228604