sec.15Meaning of spousal relationship

### sec.15 Meaning of spousal relationship A spousal relationship exists between spouses. A reference to a spouse includes a de facto partner. For definitions of spouse and de facto partner , see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 and section 32DA . A spouse , of a person, includes— a former spouse of the person; and a parent, or former parent, of a child of the person. For subsection (2) (b) , it is irrelevant whether there is or was any relationship between the parents of the child. In this section— former parent includes— a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under the Surrogacy Act 2010 , section 39 (2) (b) ; and a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under a cultural recognition order made under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 . s 15 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4 ; 2020 No. 33 s 130 (sec.15-ssec.1) A spousal relationship exists between spouses. A reference to a spouse includes a de facto partner. For definitions of spouse and de facto partner , see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 and section 32DA . (sec.15-ssec.2) A spouse , of a person, includes— a former spouse of the person; and a parent, or former parent, of a child of the person. (sec.15-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , it is irrelevant whether there is or was any relationship between the parents of the child. (sec.15-ssec.4) In this section— former parent includes— a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under the Surrogacy Act 2010 , section 39 (2) (b) ; and a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under a cultural recognition order made under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 . - (a) a former spouse of the person; and - (b) a parent, or former parent, of a child of the person. - (a) a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under the Surrogacy Act 2010 , section 39 (2) (b) ; and - (b) a birth parent who stops being a parent of a child under a cultural recognition order made under the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 .