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133. Amount of maintenance in the discretion of court. —(1) It shall be in the discretion of the Court to
determine whether any, and if so what, maintenance shall be awarded under the provisions of this Part, with due regard to the considerations set out in sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2) of section 132, as the case may be, so far as they are applicable.
Part III-A, sec. 6(2), page 13.
(2) The expenses that may be allowed to an unmarried daughter in respect of her marriage shall in no case exceed the value of one-half of what she would have inherited from the deceased, if he had died intestate.
(156)
134. Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances. —The amount of maintenance, whether fixed by a decree of court or by agreement, either before or after the commencement of this Code, may be altered subsequently, if there is a material change in the circumstances, justifying such alteration.
(157)
135. Debts to have priority. —Subject to the other provisions contained in this Part debts of every description shall have priority over the claims of dependants for maintenance under this Part.
(158)
136. maintenance when to be a charge. —A dependant’s claim for maintenance under the provisions of this Part shall not be a charge on the estate of the deceased or any portion thereof, unless the same has been created by the will of the deceased, by a decree of court, by agreement between the dependant and the owner of the estate or portion, or otherwise.
(159)
Part III-A, sec. 7(2), page 14.
Part III-A, sec. 8, page 14.
Part III-A, sec. 9, page 14.
137. Transfer where a third person is entitled to maintenance. — Where a third person has a right to receive maintenance out of an estate and such estate or any part thereof is transferred, the right to receive maintenance may be enforced against the transferee if the transferee has notice of the existence of such right, and in such a case the right can be enforced against the property to the extent to which it would have been liable had this Code not been passed.
(160)