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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
20Children of parents who separate on or after commencing day are eligible children
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20 Children of parents who separate on or after commencing day are eligible children
(1) Where: (a) the parents of a child born before the commencing day have cohabited; and (b) the parents separate on or after the commencing day; the child is an eligible child. (2) Subsection (1) applies in relation to the child whether or not the parents: (a) are or were at any time legally married; or (b) have separated on an earlier occasion; or (c) have resumed cohabitation.