Amend Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act (financial provision for children) as follows.
In paragraph 2(6) (meaning of “periodical payments order”) after paragraph (d) insert—
(e)Part 1 or 9 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (financial relief in the High Court or a county court etc.); (f) Schedule 6 to the 2004 Act (financial relief in the magistrates' courts etc.),
In paragraph 15(2) (person with whom a child lives or is to live) after “husband or wife” insert .“ or civil partner ”
For paragraph 16(2) (extended meaning of “parent”) substitute—
(2)In this Schedule, except paragraphs 2 and 15, “parent” includes— (a) any party to a marriage (whether or not subsisting) in relation to whom the child concerned is a child of the family, and (b) any civil partner in a civil partnership (whether or not subsisting) in relation to whom the child concerned is a child of the family; and for this purpose any reference to either parent or both parents shall be read as a reference to any parent of his and to all of his parents.