FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 191

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 191

191 .         Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts — FLA s. 69S

        (1)         If —

            (a)         during the lifetime of a particular person, a court has —

                  (i)         found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or

                  (ii)         made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child;

                and

            (b)         the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,

                the person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of the child.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         after the death of a particular person, a court has —

                  (i)         found expressly that the person was a parent of a particular child; or

                  (ii)         made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child;

                and

            (b)         the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,

                the person is presumed to have been a parent of the child.

        (3)         For the purposes of this section —

        court means a federal court, a court of a State or a Territory or a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.