Adoption and Children Act 2002
2002 CHAPTER 38
Commentary on Sections
Part 1 – Adoption
Chapter 4 – Status of Adopted Children
Section 70: Dispositions depending on date of birth
199.Section 70 provides that where a child is born illegitimate and adopted by one of his natural parents as the sole adoptive parent, the date of his birth rather than the date of his adoption is taken into account in respect of entitlement to property. Subsection (2) sets out an example of when this might apply.
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