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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 27

27 Paternity presumption arising from acknowledgements

(1) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if--

(a) under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction, the man signs a document acknowledging that he is a stated child's father; and
(b) the document is not annulled or otherwise set aside.

(2) The presumption in subsection (1) is rebuttable.



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