Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT - SECT 5

Presumptions of paternity arising from cohabitation

5. Presumptions of paternity arising from cohabitation

If -

(a) a child is born to a woman; and

(b) at any time during the period beginning not earlier than 44 weeks and ending not later than 20 weeks before the birth, the woman cohabited with a man to whom she was not married,

the child is presumed to be a child of the man.



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