Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I move amendment No. 14:

In page 9, after line 22, to insert the following:

“Liability to maintain family

11. The Principal Act is amended—(a) in section 2(7) (amended by section 15 of the Act of 2010)—

(i) in clause (I) of paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of “spouse” for “wife”,

(ii) in clause (II) of paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of “former spouse” for “former wife”,

(iii) in paragraph (a)(ii), by the substitution of “other parent of that qualified child” for “mother”,

(iv) in clause (I) of paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of “spouse” for “husband”,

(v) in clause (II) of paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of “former spouse” for “former husband”, and

(vi) in paragraph (b)(ii), by the substitution of “other parent of that qualified child” for “father”,

(b) in section 344(1) (amended by section 24 of the Act of 2010)—

(i) by the deletion of the definitions of “husband” and “wife”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘spouse’ in relation to a person who has been married more than once, refers only to the last spouse of that person and for this purpose that last spouse shall be read as including the person to whom, but for the fact that the marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution recognised as valid in the State, that person would be married.”,

and

(c) in section 345 (amended by section 24 of the Act of 2010)—

(i) in paragraph (a)(i), by the substitution of “spouse” for “wife”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of “spouse” for “husband”.”.