secured provision order

an order made during family proceedings that is secured against an asset telling one of a divorcing married couple or separating civil partners to pay the other one some money, either as a single payment or as a regular payment, or both. Such orders are rare, but may be granted when the court is uncertain as to whether a person is actually going to pay maintenance payments. An example of a situation which might lead to a secured provision order is where a husband lives overseas but has property in the UK.