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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 10 Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 10

Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation

10 Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation

A child born to a woman is presumed to be a man's child if, at any time during the period beginning not earlier than 44 weeks and ending not less than 20 weeks before the birth, the man and the woman cohabit but are not married.