Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

TESTATOR'S FAMILY MAINTENANCE ACT 1912 - SECT 2

      (1) In this Act –

"adopted child" –

(a) in the case of a child that is adopted in this State, means a child that is adopted by a person, or by a person and his spouse jointly, in accordance with the law relating to the adoption of children; or

(b) in the case of a child that is adopted elsewhere than in this State, means a child that is adopted by a person, or by a person and his spouse jointly, in accordance with the law of the State, Territory, or country where the adoption takes place, as in force at the date of the adoption;

"child" includes –

(a) an adopted child; and

(b) a stepchild;

"Court" means the Supreme Court;

"spouse" includes the person with whom a person is, or was at the time of his or her death, in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003;

"stepchild" means, in relation to a person, a child of that person's spouse by a former marriage or significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003;

"will" includes a codicil and a nomination made in accordance with the rules of a society within the meaning of the Friendly Societies (Tasmania) Code.

      (2) In relation to a deceased person who dies unmarried and without having been married,

"child" includes a child born out of wedlock.

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