[55A Declarations of parentage]
Family Law Act 1986 (1986 c 55) | Legislation

[55A  Declarations of parentage]

[(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this section, any person may apply to the High Court [or the family court] for a declaration as to whether or not a person named in the application is or was the parent of another person so named.

(2)     A court shall have jurisdiction to entertain an application under subsection (1) above if, and only if, either of the persons named in it for the purposes of that subsection—

(a)     is domiciled in England and Wales on the date of the application,

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