8BPresumption of parentage arising from court findings

8B Presumption of parentage arising from court findings

[Section 8B Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 7, Applied:01 Aug 1997]

(1)  A person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of a particular child if –

(a) during the lifetime of that person, a prescribed court has –

(i) found expressly that the person is a parent of that child; or

(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of that child; and

(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed.

(2)  A person is presumed to have been a parent of a particular child if –

(a) after the death of that person, a prescribed court has –

(i) found expressly that the person was a parent of that child; or

(ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of that child; and

(b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed.