# The Magistrates' Courts (Family Law Reform Act 1987) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1989, Paragraph 24: The Magistrates' Courts (Adoption) Rules 1984


In Form 7 in that Schedule, in the fifth paragraph of the Notes, for the words from the beginning of that paragraph to the words “court order;” there shall be substituted the folowing words:
“A father who was not married to the mother of a child at the time of his birth is not a parent for this purpose, but is a guardian if a court has made an order giving him all the parental rights and duties with respect to the child or if he has legal custody of the child by virtue of a court order;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/384/schedule/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-family-law-reform-act-1987-miscellaneous-amendments-rules-1989/schedule/paragraph-24
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