Status of Children Act, 1987
Family & Child Law
01/10/1988
This Act was passed on 14 December, 1987, and Part V of the Act came into operation on 14 June, 1988. The main effect of this Part is to apply to the Succession Act, 1965 (Section 30) and to wills and other dispositions (Section 27) the general principle that relationships between persons are to be determined without regard to whether any person's parents were or have been married to each other.
The Land Registry would appreciate that in drafting affidavits for Land Registration applications care should be taken by practitioners to ensure that the provisions of Part V of the Act are complied with.