SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Prohibited degrees of relationship: Northern Ireland

Section 138(2)

Absolute prohibitions

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Two people are within prohibited degrees of relationship if one falls within the list below in relation to the other.

  • Adoptive child

  • Adoptive parent

  • Child

  • Former adoptive child

  • Former adoptive parent

  • Grandparent

  • Grandchild

  • Parent

  • Parent’s sibling

  • Sibling

  • Sibling’s child

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In the list “sibling” means a brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister.

Qualified prohibitions

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1

Two people are within prohibited degrees of relationship if one of them falls within the list below in relation to the other, unless—

a

both of them have reached 21 at the time when they register as civil partners of each other, and

b

the younger has not at any time before reaching 18 been a child of the family in relation to the other.

  • Child of former civil partner

  • Child of former spouse

  • Former civil partner of grandparent

  • Former civil partner of parent

  • Former spouse of grandparent

  • Former spouse of parent

  • Grandchild of former civil partner

  • Grandchild of former spouse

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“Child of the family”, in relation to another person, means a person who—

a

has lived in the same household as that other person, and

b

has been treated by that other person as a child of his family.

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