13Presumption of parentage arising from acknowledgments

13 Presumption of parentage arising from acknowledgments

13 Presumption of parentage arising from acknowledgments

(1) A man is presumed to be a child’s father if—

(a) under this Act or other law of the State or a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction, the man executes a formal paternity acknowledgment or any other instrument acknowledging that he is the child’s father, and

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

(2) This section extends to instruments executed before the commencement of this section.