Status of Children Act 1978

(1) The relationship of father and child and any other relationship traced in any degree through that relationship shall:

(b) for any purpose related to the construction of any will or other testamentary disposition or of any instrument creating a trust; or

(c) for the purpose of an application under the Family Provision Act 1970,

be recognized only if:

(d) the father and the mother of the child were married to each other at the time of its conception or at some subsequent time;

(e) paternity has been admitted (expressly or by implication) by the father and if that purpose is for the benefit of the father, paternity has been admitted while the child was living; or

(2) In any case where, by reason of the provisions of subsection (1), the relationship of father and child is not recognized at the time the child is born, the occurrence of any act, event or conduct which enables that relationship and any other relationship traced in any degree through it to be recognized shall not affect any estate, right or interest in any real or personal property to which any person has become absolutely entitled, whether beneficially or otherwise, before the act, event or conduct occurred.