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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 7

7 .         Meaning of relative — FLA s. 4(1AC)

                For the purposes of section 6, a relative of a person is —

            (a)         a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father or step-mother of the person; or

            (b)         a son, daughter, grandson, grand-daughter, step-son or step-daughter of the person; or

            (c)         a brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, step-brother or step-sister of the person; or

            (d)         an uncle or aunt of the person; or

            (e)         a nephew or niece of the person; or

            (f)         a cousin of the person; or

            (g)         if the person is or was married, in addition to paragraphs (a) to (f), a person who is or was a relative, of the kind described in any of those paragraphs, of the person’s spouse; or

            (h)         if the person is or was in a de facto relationship with another person, in addition to paragraphs (a) to (f), a person who would be a relative of a kind described in any of those paragraphs if the persons in that de facto relationship were or had been married to each other.

        [Section 7 inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 171.]



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