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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 8B

Presumption of parentage arising from court findings

(1)  A person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of a particular child if –
(a) during the lifetime of that person, a prescribed court has –
(i) found expressly that the person is a parent of that child; or
(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of that child; and
(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed.
(2)  A person is presumed to have been a parent of a particular child if –
(a) after the death of that person, a prescribed court has –
(i) found expressly that the person was a parent of that child; or
(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of that child; and
(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed.



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