Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person is presumed to be a child's parent if, while the person is alive--
(a) a court of the Commonwealth, a State or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction (a prescribed court) expressly finds that the person is the child's parent; and
(b) the finding is not altered, set aside or reversed.
(2) The presumption in subsection (1) is irrebuttable.
(3) A person is presumed to have been a child's parent if, after the person dies--
(a) a prescribed court expressly finds that the person was the child's parent; and
(b) the finding is not altered, set aside or reversed.
(4) The presumption in subsection (3) is rebuttable.
(5) In this section, a reference to a court finding includes the following--
(a) a declaration under section 10 of this Act;
(b) an order under the Maintenance Act 1965, section 14 or 16;
(c) another court declaration or order that a stated person is a stated child's parent.