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CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 23 Definitions—pt 3.1

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 23

Definitions—pt 3.1

In this part:

"child" includes a grandchild and a stepchild.

"member", of a dead person's family—each of the following people is a member of a dead person's family:

        (a)     a domestic partner; or

        (b)     a child of the person (including a child born alive after the death);

        (c)     a person to whom the dead person acted, immediately before his or her death, in place of a parent;

        (d)     a parent of the person;

        (e)     a person who acted, immediately before the dead person's death, in place of a parent to the dead person;

        (f)     a brother, a sister, a half-brother and a half-sister of the person;

        (g)     a former spouse, civil union partner or civil partner of the person.

"parent" includes a stepfather, a stepmother, a grandfather and a grandmother.