Part 2

Parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction

Cases in which woman to be other parent

Further provision relating to sections 42 and 43
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1
Where a woman is treated by virtue of section 42 or 43 as a parent of the child, no man is to be treated as the father of the child.
2
In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, sections 42 and 43 do not affect any presumption, applying by virtue of the rules of common law, that a child is the legitimate child of the parties to a marriage.
3
In Scotland, sections 42 and 43 do not apply in relation to any child who, by virtue of any enactment or other rule of law, is treated as the child of the parties to a marriage.
4
Sections 42 and 43 do not apply to any child to the extent that the child is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the woman’s child.