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The wife could not simply run her husband's affairs (or at least not formally) and a curator or tutor was required to look after or ' aliment ' the subject's family.
The commissison also proposed extensive clarification and improvement in the law relating to actions and claims for aliment.
What is required is a fresh statement of the law of aliment in clear terms and on consistent principles.
Aliment of this sort will be awarded when the relations between the parties are unresolved.
There was some doubt whether the court could give interim aliment where the pursuer was not prepared so to adhere.
The next point is perhaps one of even greater importance, and that concerns the amount of aliment.
The system is similar to divorce settlement cases where an agreement is eventually reached on aliment.
Then, 60 or 70 years ago, the limitation was put on, that for all other debts, except aliment, £1 must be left.
The commission's general approach was to seek some justification for an obligation of aliment other than the mere existence of a blood tie.
In determining a suitable amount to allow for aliment, the sheriff is required to have "regard to all the circumstances".
In 1966 there were 716 actions in the sheriff courts relating to judicial separation, adherence, aliment, and similar matrimonial cases.
The grant of aliment is, however, discretionary and the court takes into account the needs of the child and the means of the parent.
In the case of an arrestment enforcing aliment or rates, the whole pay could be attached, leaving the debtor with nothing.
There would be no inducement to anybody in receipt of adequate aliment to look about for themselves and see how they were going to make a start in life.
Clauses 18 to 23 make various supplemental provisions in relation to actions for aliment and other consistorial actions, including claims for an order for financial provision.
