[Rev. 2012] Children CAP. 141 92. Maintenance during matrimonial proceedings The court shall have power to make a maintenance order, whether or not proceedings for nullity, judicial separation, divorce or any other matrimonial proceedings have been filed by the parent of a child, or during proceedings or after a final decree is made in such proceedings: Provided always that once proceedings for the maintenance of a child have been commenced under this Act or any other Act, no subsequent or other proceedings with respect to the maintenance of that child may be commenced under any other Act without the leave of the court. 93. Financial provisions The court may order the person against whom a maintenance order is made to make a financial provision for the child by— (i) periodical payments; or (ii) such lump sum payment as the court shall deem fit, to the person in whose favour the order is made or to any other person appointed by the Court. 94. Financial provisions by step-parents and father of child born out of wedlock (1) The Court may order financial provision to be made by a parent for a child including a child of the other parent who has been accepted as a child of the family and in deciding to make such an order the court shall have regard to the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall be guided by the following considerations— (a) The income or earning capacity, property and other financial resources which the parties or any other person in whose favour the court proposes to make an order, have or are likely to have in the foreseeable future; (b) the financial needs, obligations, or responsibilities which each party has or is likely to have in the foreseeable future; (c) the financial needs of the child and the child’s current circumstances; (d) the income or earning capacity, if any, property and other financial resources of the child; (e) any physical or mental disabilities, illness or medical condition of the child; (f) the manner in which the child is being or was expected to be educated or trained; (g) the circumstances of any of the child’s siblings; (h) the customs, practices and religion of the parties and the child; (i) whether the respondent has assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the child and if so, the extent to which and the basis on which he has assumed that responsibility and the length of the period during which he has met that responsibility; C15 - 43 [Issue 1]