Legal Definition and Related Resources of Affiliation Order

An order that a man adjudged by a Court of summary jurisdiction to be the father of the bastard child of a single woman, or married woman living apart from her husband, shall pay a weekly sum for the maintenance of the child

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English Legal System: Affiliation Order

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Affiliation Order : Formerly, an order of a magistrates’ court against a man alleged to be the father of an illegitimate child, obliging him to make payments towards the upkeep of the child. Affiliation proceedings have been abolished by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 and financial provision for illegitimate and legitimate children is now the same (See child support maintenance).

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