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Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10
111. Legitimacy of children of annulled marriages
Feedback & support(1)
Where a marriage is annulled, any child who would have been the legitimate child of the parties to the marriage if it had been dissolved, instead of being annulled, at the date of the judgment is deemed to be their legitimate child, despite the annulment.
child
Defined · s 122
“child” means a child of the marriage as defined in section 92 but who is below 21 years of age.
(2)
The child of a void marriage born on or after 2 May 1975 is deemed to be the legitimate child of his or her parents if, at the date of such void marriage, both or either of the parties reasonably believed that the marriage was valid.