Civil Partnership Act 2004

Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (c. 63)

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16In section 2(1) (orders which may be made on an application), after paragraph (f) insert—

(g)an order varying any settlement made—

(i)during the subsistence of a civil partnership formed by the deceased, or

(ii)in anticipation of the formation of a civil partnership by the deceased,

on the civil partners (including such a settlement made by will), the variation being for the benefit of the surviving civil partner, or any child of both the civil partners, or any person who was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that civil partnership.