Status of Children Act 1974
13Orders for parentage testing procedure
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13 Orders for parentage testing procedure
[Section 13 Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 1997]
(1) [Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:12 May 1998] A court, on request or of its own motion, may make an order requiring a parentage testing procedure to be carried out in relation to any one or more of the following persons:
(a) a particular child;
(b) the mother of the child;
(c) any other person the court considers relevant in order to assist in determining the parentage of a child.
(2) An order under subsection (1) may be made subject to any terms and conditions a court considers appropriate.