Victorian Consolidated Legislation

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974

No. 8602 of 1974
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 February 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Definitions
   3.      All children to be of equal status
   4.      Instruments executed before commencement
   5.      Presumptions as to parenthood
   6.      Protection of executors, administrators and trustees
   7.      Recognition of paternity
   8.      Evidence of paternity
   9.      Instruments may be filed with Government Statist
   10.     Application to Supreme Court for declaration of paternity

   PART II-STATUS OF CHILDREN-MEDICAL PROCEDURES

   10A.    Interpretation
   10B.    Application of Part
   10C.    Artificial insemination: presumption as to status of child
   10D.    Implantation procedures: presumption as to status of child
           where donor semen used
   10E.    Implantation procedures: presumption as to status of child
           where donor ovum used
   10F.    Donor of semen used in artificial insemination of certain
           women

   PART III-GENERAL

   11.     Regulations
   12.     Repealed
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           SCHEDULE-Repealed
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details