5 (1) (c) "The child or children of the deceased (including any person entitled by virtue of the Status of Children Act, 1987, to succeed to the estate of the deceased);";

5 (1) (e) "The father or mother of the deceased or where the presumption contained in Section 4 A (2) of the Succession Act, 1965 (inserted by Section 29 of the Status of Children Act, 1987) applies, the mother;";

5 (5) "The provisions of the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1988, (as construed in accordance with Section 27 (3) of the Status of Children Act, 1987) shall apply in determining the title to a grant as they apply to a devolution of property on intestacy.";

65 "In all cases where application is made for letters of administration (intestate or with a Will by which all the estate is not disposed of annexed) of the estate of a person dying or presumed to have died without known relation, notice of such application shall be given to the Attorney General, in order that he may determine whether it will be expedient to intervene on the part of the State; and no grant is to be issued until he has signified the course it will be proper to take.".