Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 26D

26D .         Orders on application for determination of parentage

        (1)         On an application the Court —

            (a)         may extend the period of time allowed by section 21(2)(c) for filing the application;

            (b)         may make an order requiring any person to give such evidence as is material to the question; or

            (c)         may make an order requiring a parentage testing procedure to be conducted in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (2) for the purpose of obtaining information to assist in determining the parentage of the child.

        (2)         A parentage testing order may be made in relation to —

            (a)         the child;

            (b)         a person known to be the mother of the child; or

            (c)         any other person, if the Court is of the opinion that, if the parentage testing procedure were to be conducted in relation to the person, the information that could be obtained might assist in determining the parentage of the child.

        (3)         A parentage testing order may be made subject to terms and conditions.

        [Section 26D inserted by No. 41 of 1997 s. 12.]