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IRL-2015-L-101379
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Title_of_text
Children and Family Relationships Act, 2015 (No. 9 of 2015).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-04-06
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to provide for certain matters relating to donor-assisted human reproduction and the parentage of children born as a result of donor-assisted human reproduction procedures; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register to be known as the National Donor-Conceived Person Register; to amend and extend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of, and access to, children and for those purposes to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 ; to extend the category of persons who may be liable for the maintenance of children and for that purpose to amend the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976, and for that and other purposes to amend the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ; to provide for the use in certain circumstances of DNA testing to determine parentage and for that and other purposes to amend the Status of Children Act 1987 ; to amend the Family Law Act 1995 ; to amend the category of persons who may adopt children and for that and other purposes to amend the Adoption Act 2010 ; to make consequential amendments to the Succession Act 1965 , the Civil Registration Act 2004 and other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1997-12-09 (IRL-1997-L-48503)
Children Act, 1997 (No. 40 of 1997).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2018-07-20 (IRL-2018-L-108830)
Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 (Act 20 of 2018).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book
Country
Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2015/act/9/enacted/en/html?years=2015
File
IRL101379.pdf (PDF)