ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (AFFILIATION ORDERS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1924

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ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (AFFILIATION ORDERS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1924 - SECT 1



1.(1) Where a man is alleged by the mother to be the father of her
illegitimate child, and has been summoned in accordance with the provisions of
this Act to appear before a court of summary jurisdiction, constituted as
hereinafter provided acting for the petty sessions district or place in which
the mother resides,... the court shall have power to make an order (in
this Act referred to as an "Affiliation Order") adjudging the man to be the
putative father of the child. An Affiliation Order may provide, under such
conditions as the Court sees fit, for the payment by such putative father of

(a)the expenses incidental to the birth of the child;

(b)if the child has died before the making of the Affiliation Order the
funeral expenses of such child, [to an amount that the court considers
reasonable]; and

(c)a weekly sum of money ... in any one week in respect of the maintenance and
education of the child....

(2) For the purposes of this Act the expression "the mother" means any single
woman who is with child or has been delivered of an illegitimate child, and
includes

(a)a widow;

(b)a married woman living separate from her husband; and

(c)a married woman not living separate from her husband, but who at the time
of her marriage had been delivered of an illegitimate child.

(3) The court shall not make an Affiliation Order unless

(a)the child has been born alive;

(b)the man alleged to be the father of the child appears before the court or
it is proved to the court that the summons was duly served upon him; and

(c)the evidence of the mother is corroborated in some material particular by
other evidence to the satisfaction of the court.

Subs.(4) rep. by 1936 c.32 s.228 sch.6 Pt.II

(5) ... a summons under this Act may be issued by any justice of the peace
having jurisdiction in the petty sessions district or place where the summons
is returnable.

Subs.(6) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952

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ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (AFFILIATION ORDERS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1924 - SECT 1