The Family Relationships Act 1975 (Act No.115/1975) was passed on 4 December 1975 and commenced 29 January 1976. Its long title is ‘An Act to abolish the legal consequences of illegitimacy under the law of this State; to invest courts of this State with power to make judgments declaratory of certain relationships; and for other purposes’.
Amended by Act No.102/1984,
Act No.66/1986,
Act No.2/1988, Act No.43/2006, Act No.22/2011, Act No.27/2011, Act No.22/2012.