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Rule 5 Commencement of Proceedings

Northern Ireland

The following persons shall, if alive, be respondents to the application—

(a)

those whom the petitioner claims are his adoptive parents for the purposes of Article 40 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987f1;

(b)

those whom the petitioner claims are not his adoptive parents for the purpose of that Article.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)

Notes on Part [ ORDER 53

Footnotes

f1

Order 53 substituted by S.R. 1989 No. 306 with effect from 1.9.89

f2

S.I. 1989/677 (N.I. 4)