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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-3/paragraph-19",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1045",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a decree of nullity was granted before the commencement of this Order in respect of a voidable marriage, any child who would have been the legitimate child of the parties to the marriage if at the date of the decree it has been dissolved instead of being annulled shall be deemed to be their legitimate child.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1045/schedule/3/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:06.256963+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."
}