Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:69p
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 69P
Character Range: 405041–405992

69P  Presumptions of parentage arising from marriage
 (1) If a child is born to a woman while she is married, the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and her husband.
 (2) If:
 (a) at a particular time:
 (i) a marriage to which a woman is a party is ended by death; or
 (ii) a purported marriage to which a woman is a party is annulled; and
 (b) a child is born to the woman within 44 weeks after that time;
the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and the husband or purported husband.
 (3) If:
 (a) the parties to a marriage separated at any time; and
 (b) after the separation, they resumed cohabitation on one occasion; and
 (c) within 3 months after the resumption of cohabitation, they separated again and lived separately and apart; and
 (d) a child is born to the woman within 44 weeks after the end of the cohabitation, but after the divorce of the parties;
the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and the husband.