Protection of the Rights of Elders Act 2000 · As enacted · Part VI · Appointment of the Board
29. Duration of orders
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Except where an order for maintenance is for maintenance. — expressed to be for any shorter period or where any such order has been rescinded, a maintenance order shall expire—
ifthe maintenance was unsecured, on the death of the applicant or the respondent, whichever is the earlier ;
if the maintenance was secured, on the death of the applicant.
Where a maintenance order was made against more than one respondent, the death of a respondent shall not affect the liability of the other respondents the pay maintenance to the applicant.
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The applicant may apply to the Board to re-apportion the liability among the surviving respondents on the death of a respondent.