{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-appeals-jurisdiction-of-courts-scotland-order-2003/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-appeals-jurisdiction-of-courts-scotland-order-2003/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/96",
  "legislation_title": "Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) (Scotland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-appeals-jurisdiction-of-courts-scotland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Parentage appeals to be made to courts",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of article 2, an appeal may be made to a court in Scotland if–\n(a) the child in question was born in Scotland; or\n(b) the child, the non-resident parent or the person with care of the child is domiciled in Scotland on the date when the appeal is made or is habitually resident in Scotland on that date.\n(2) Where an appeal to a court in Scotland is to be made to the sheriff, it shall be to the sheriff of the sheriffdom where–\n(a) the child in question was born; or\n(b) the child, the non-resident parent or the person with care of the child is habitually resident on the date when the appeal is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/96/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:57.910211+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}