xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"

Part IVS Other Causes

Consistorial causesS

20 Orders with respect to children.S

(1)In any action for divorce, judicial separation or declarator of nullity of marriage, the Court may make, with respect to any child of the marriage to which the action relates, such order (including an interim order) as it thinks fit relating to parental rights, and may vary or recall such order.

(2)In this section—

(a)child” and “parental rights” have the same meaning as in section 8 of the M1Law Reform (Parent and Child)(Scotland) Act 1986; and

(b)child of the marriage” includes any child who—

(i)is the child of both parties to the marriage; or

(ii)is the child of one party to the marriage and has been accepted as a child of the family by the other party.

Marginal Citations