{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/72",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a disposition depends on the date of birth of a child who was born illegitimate and who—\n(a) is adopted by one of the natural parents as sole adoptive parent,\n(b) . . .\nparagraph 6(2) and paragraph 12(4) do not affect entitlement under Part II of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (illegitimate children).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This paragraph applies for example where—\n(a) a testator dies in 1976 bequeathing a legacy to his eldest grandchild living at a specified time,\n(b) his daughter has an illegitimate child in 1977 who is the first grandchild,\n(c) his married son has a child in 1978,\n(d) subsequently the illegitimate child is adopted by the mother as sole adoptive parent . . . .\nand in all those cases the daughter’s child remains the eldest grandchild of the testator throughout.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11) s. 74(2), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Para. 14(1)(b) repealed by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31, SIF 49:7), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 1(3), 12, 13, 14(2) repealed by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31, SIF 49:7), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31, SIF 49:7), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1969 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/72/schedule/1/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:55.776840+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."
}