Reviews and appeals

F1Applications for declaration of parentage under Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 198928

1

This Article applies where—

a

an application for a maintenance calculation has been made (or is treated as having been made), or a maintenance calculation is in force, with respect to a person ( “the alleged parent”) who denies that he is a parent of a child with respect to whom the application or calculation was made or treated as made;

b

the Department is not satisfied that the case falls within one of those set out in Article 27(2); and

c

the Department or the person with care makes an application for a declaration under Article 31B of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 as to whether or not the alleged parent is one of the child's parents.

2

Where this Article applies—

a

if it is the person with care who makes the application, that person shall be treated as having a sufficient personal interest for the purposes of paragraph (3) of that Article; and

b

if it is the Department which makes the application, that paragraph shall not apply.