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PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 7

Presumptions arising from marriage, civil union or civil partnership

    (1)     A child born to a person while the person is married or in a civil union or civil partnership is presumed to be a child of the person and the person's spouse, civil union partner or civil partner.

    (2)     A child born to a person within 44 weeks after the death of the person's spouse, civil union partner or civil partner is presumed to be the child of the person and the person's spouse, civil union partner or civil partner who died.

    (3)     A child born to a person within 44 weeks after the annulment of the person's purported marriage is presumed to be the child of the person and the person's purported spouse.

    (4)     A child born to a person after the end of the person's marriage, civil union or civil partnership, but within 44 weeks after the person last separated from the person's spouse or partner in that marriage, civil union or civil partnership, is presumed to be the child of the person and the person's spouse or partner in that marriage, civil union or civil partnership.



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