MS v RS

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Declaration of parentage — Presumption of legitimacy — Father’s application for declaration of non-parentage — Standard of proof required to rebut common law presumption of legitimacy — Whether in children’s best interests for court to determine application — Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c 46), s 26 — Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), s 55A

[2020] EWFC 30; [2021] Fam 1; [2020] 3 WLR 1233; [2020] 2 FLR 689; [2020] WLR (D) 246, Fam Ct