PART IIIDeclarations of Status
56Declarations as to legitimacy or legitimation.
1
Any person may apply to the court for a declaration that he is the legitimate child of his parents.
2
Any person may apply to the court for one (or for one or, in the alternative, the other) of the following declarations, that is to say—
a
a declaration that he has become a legitimated person;
b
a declaration that he has not become a legitimated person.
3
A court shall have jurisdiction to entertain an application under subsection (1) or (2) above if, and only if, the applicant—
a
is domiciled in England and Wales on the date of the application, or
b
has been habitually resident in England and Wales throughout the period of one year ending with that date.
4
In this section“legitimated person” means a person legitimated or recognised as legitimated—
a
under section 2 or 3 of the [1976 c. 31.] Legitimacy Act 1976; or
b
under section 1 or 8 of the [1926 c. 60.] Legitimacy Act 1926; or
c
by a legitimation (whether or not by virtue of the subsequent marriage of his parents) recognised by the law of England and Wales and effected under the law of any other country.