The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Manner of application

Rule 1—(1) An application to a county court under section 45 (2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973(1) for a declaration of legitimation by virtue of the Legitimacy Act 1976(2) shall be made by claim form stating—

(a) the grounds on which the applicant relies;

(b) the date and place of birth of the applicant and the maiden name of his mother and, if it be the case, that the applicant is known by a name other than that which appears in the certificate of his birth; and

(c) particulars of every person whose interest may be affected by the proceedings and his relationship, if any, to the applicant, including any person other than the applicant’s father to whom his mother was married at the date of his birth.

(2) The application may be filed in the court for the district in which the applicant resides or the marriage leading to the legitimation was celebrated, or if neither the residence of the applicant nor the place of the marriage is in England or Wales, then in the Westminster County Court.

(3) The applicant shall file with the claim form—

(a) a witness statement or affidavit by him (or, if he is a child, by his litigation friend) verifying the application; and

(b) any birth, death or marriage certificate intended to be relied on at the hearing.

(1)

1973 c. 18; section 45 was amended by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22); section 89, schedule 2, paragraph 39; by the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42), section 46(1), schedule 1, paragraph 15; and by the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55), section 68(1), schedule 1, paragraph 14.

(2)

1976 c. 31.