United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1263
Paternity
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8 January 2020
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13 January 2020 · Answer
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13 January 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has plans to undertake a review of the terms of the Legitimacy Act 1976 in relation to the registration of children born to parents who subsequently engage in a (a) marriage and (b) civil partnership.
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8 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has plans to undertake a review of the terms of the Legitimacy Act 1976 in relation to the registration of children born to parents who subsequently engage in a (a) marriage and (b) civil partnership.
Source: Commons
13 January 2020
Answer
The Family Law Reform Act 1987 greatly reduced the practical significance in English law of the concept of legitimacy, so that children born outside marriage are not stigmatised. The Government therefore has no plans to review the law on legitimacy at thi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-08/1263
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1169543
- uk · wq-1169543 · source updated 13 January 2020