8CPresumption of paternity arising from acknowledgements

8C Presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgements

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

(1)  A man is presumed to be the father of a particular child if –

(a) under a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction the man has executed an instrument acknowledging that he is the father of a specified child; and

(b) the instrument has not been annulled or otherwise set aside.

(2)  A man is presumed to be the father of a particular child if the man and the mother of the child –

(a) execute an instrument as a deed; or

(b) [Section 8C Subsection (2) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008] jointly or severally sign an instrument in the presence of an Australian legal practitioner –

which acknowledges that the man is the father of the child.