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Family Law Act 1975
69SPresumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts
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#### 69S Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts
(1) If:
(a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a prescribed court (other than a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction) has:
(i) found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or
(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of the child.
(1A) If:
(a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a court of a reciprocating jurisdiction within the meaning of section 110 or a jurisdiction mentioned in Schedule 4 or 4A to the regulations has:
(i) found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or
(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is presumed to be a parent of the child.
(2) If:
(a) after the death of a particular person, a prescribed court has:
(i) found expressly that the person was a parent of a particular child; or
(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is presumed to have been a parent of the child.
(3) In this section:
> prescribed court means a federal court, a court of a State or Territory or a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.