{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/42",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Reform Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "No special protection for trustees and personal representatives.",
  "text": "Section 17 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (which enables trustees and personal representatives to distribute property without having ascertained that no person whose parents were not married to each other at the time of his birth, or who claims through such a person, is or may be entitled to an interest in the property) shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1969 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/42/section/20",
    "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."
}