Section 88 — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

Enforcement of maintenance agreements

(1) A maintenance agreement that has been registered, or is deemed to have been registered, in a court may be enforced as if it were an order of that court.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to maintenance agreements that have been approved under section 87.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 26 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 86 — Registered maintenance agreements
s 87 — Operation of maintenance agreements entered into in substitution for rights under Act
s 87A — Specification in maintenance agreements of payments etc. for maintenance purposes
s 89 — Overseas maintenance agreements
s 89A — Institution of spousal maintenance proceedings by authority or person
s 90 — Certain instruments not liable to duty

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