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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 in consequence of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 to:

(a)

add a new rule to Order 80 (Disability) providing for the appointment in certain circumstances of a guardian of a child’s fortune or estate;

(b)

amend Order 98 (Matrimonial and Family Proceedings) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to prescribe the procedure for an application for a declaration of parentage;

(c)

revoke Order 74 (Alteration of Maintenance Agreements) and Order 90 rules 6 to 8 (Applications under Guardianship of Infants Act 1886).