http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/63/section/23Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975An Act to make fresh provision for empowering the court to make orders for the making out of the estate of a deceased person of provision for the spouse, former spouse, child, child of the family or dependant of that person; and for matters connected therewith.1975-11-12texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-06-05Expert Participation2022-04-06 Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975s. 25 (defns. of "former wife" and "former husband")Family Law Act 1996s. 66(1) Sch. 8 Pt. 1 para. 27(8) 231The following are to be left out of account when considering for the purposes of this Act when representation with respect to the estate of a deceased person was first taken out—aa grant limited to settled land or to trust property,bany other grant that does not permit any of the estate to be distributed,ca grant limited to real estate or to personal estate, unless a grant limited to the remainder of the estate has previously been made or is made at the same time,da grant, or its equivalent, made outside the United Kingdom (but see subsection (2) below).2A grant sealed under section 2 of the Colonial Probates Act 1892 counts as a grant made in the United Kingdom for the purposes of this section, but is to be taken as dated on the date of sealing.S. 23 substituted (1.10.2014) by Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 (c. 16), s. 12(2), Sch. 3 para. 2 (with s. 12(4)); S.I. 2014/2039, art. 2