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Status of Children Act 1996
17Conflicts involving irrebuttable parentage presumptions
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17 Conflicts involving irrebuttable parentage presumptions
17 Conflicts involving irrebuttable parentage presumptions
(1) If two or more irrebuttable presumptions arising under this Division conflict with each other, the presumption that appears to the court to be more or most likely to be correct prevails.
(2) If an irrebuttable presumption arising under this Division conflicts with a rebuttable presumption arising under this Division that is not rebutted in any proceedings, the irrebuttable presumption prevails over the rebuttable presumption.