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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT - SECT 9B

Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts

9B. Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts

(1) If -

(a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a prescribed court has -

(i) found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or

(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and

(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,

the person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of the child.

(2) If -

(a) after the death of a particular person, a prescribed court has -

(i) found expressly that the person was a parent of a particular child; or

(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and

(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,

the person is presumed to be a parent of the child.



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