Part 4

Civil partnership: Northern Ireland
Chapter 5

Children

Parental responsibility, children of the family and relatives
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1
Amend the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))
(“the 1995 Order”) as follows.
2
In Article 2(2)
(interpretation), for the definition of “child of the family” in relation to the parties to a marriage, substitute—
- “child of the family”, in relation to parties to a marriage, or to two people who are civil partners of each other, means—
  1. a child of both of them, and
  2. any other child, other than a child placed with them as foster parents by an authority or voluntary organisation, who has been treated by both of them as a child of their family.
3
In the definition of “relative” in Article 2(2), for “by affinity)” substitute “ by marriage or civil partnership) ”.
4
In Article 7(1C)
(acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent), after “is married to” insert “ , or a civil partner of, ”.