# Legitimacy Act 1976, Section A1: Legitimacy of children of civil partners


(1) A child is legitimate by virtue of a civil partnership between the natural parents of the child if, had the civil partnership been a marriage (and all other circumstances were the same), the child would have been legitimate at common law by virtue of the marriage.
(2) The presumption of common law that a child born to a woman during her marriage to a man is also the natural child of her spouse applies equally in relation to a child born to a woman during her civil partnership with a man.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/31/section/A1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1976/section-A1
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