Paragraph 13 The Magistrates' Courts (Guardianship of Minors) Rules 1974

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 4-13 revoked by Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) 1991 Sch. 3
Sch. para. 28-31 revoked by Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) 1991 Sch. 3
Sch. para. 2 revoked by Magistrates' Courts (Enforcement or Variation of Orders Made in Family Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions) 2011 Sch. 5
Sch. para. 21-27 revoked by Courts Act 2003 (Revocations, Savings and Transitional Provisions) 2005 Sch.

After rule 9(7) of those Rules there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–

“(8)

For the purposes of paragraphs (4)(a), (5)(a) and (7)(a) above, a father who was not married to the mother of a child at the time of his birth shall not be treated as a parent of that child unless he has been adjudged by a court to be the father of that child or unless he was a party to the proceedings in which the order was made.

(9)

in this rule, “court” means the High Court, a county court or a magistrates' court.”.