{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/42",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Reform Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/43",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 20 of that Act for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—\n“(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“actual custody”, as respects a child, means the actual possession of the person of the child;\n“child”, except where used to express a relationship, means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen;\n“legal custody” shall be construed in accordance with Part IV of the Children Act 1975;\n“maintenance” includes education.\n(2A) In this Act—\n(a) references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons; and\n(b) references to the father and mother of a child not being married to each other at the time of his birth,\nshall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/42/schedule/2/paragraph/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:29.189443+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."
}