(4)
(a)
(b)
The application may be made—
at any time during pregnancy;
before the child attains eighteen years of age.
(5) An application for a maintenance order shall be made by
complaint on oath to a family and children court having jurisdiction in the
place where the applicant resides, and the summons shall be served on—
(a) the father of the child; or
(b) the mother of the child.
(6) The court shall issue a summons to the father or mother of the
child to appear before the court on a day named in the summons.
(7) On the appearance of the person summoned or on proof that the
summons was duly served on him or her, seven days or more before the
hearing, the court shall hear the evidence of the applicant and shall also hear
any evidence tendered by or on behalf of the father or mother; and the court
may then, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, proceed to make
an order against the father or mother for the payment to the applicant of—
(a) a monthly sum of money as may be determined by the court,
having regard to the circumstances of the case and to the
financial means of the father or mother, for the maintenance of
the child;
(b) the funeral expenses of the child if the child has died before the
making of the order; and
(c) the costs incurred in obtaining the order.
(8) Maintenance shall include feeding, clothing, education and the
general welfare of the child.
(9) If the court thinks fit, it may, in place of a monthly payment,
order that a lump sum determined by the court be paid into court and that the
sum shall be expended on the maintenance of the child.
77.
Warrant to attach earnings or levy the distress for the recovery of
maintenance money.
If at any time after the expiration of one month from the making of a
maintenance order, it is made to appear to a magistrate on oath that any sum
to be paid under the order has not been paid, the magistrate may, by warrant
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