Status of Children Act 1974

For the purposes of the administration or distribution of any estate or of any property held upon trust, or of any application for a family provision order under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958, or for any other purposes an executor, administrator, or trustee is not under any obligation to inquire as to the existence of any person who could claim an interest in the estate or the property by reason only of the provisions of this Act.

No action shall lie against an executor of the will or administrator or trustee under an instrument by any person who could claim an interest in the estate or property by reason only of any of the provisions of this Act to enforce any claim arising by reason of the executor or administrator or trustee having made any distribution of the estate or of the property held upon trust or otherwise acted in the administration of the estate or property held on trust disregarding the claims of that person where at the time of making the distribution or otherwise so acting the executor administrator or trustee had no notice of the relationship on which the claim is based.