Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:69s
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 69S
Character Range: 406644–408185

69S  Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts
 (1) If:
 (a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a prescribed court (other than a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction) has:
 (i) found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or
 (ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
 (b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is conclusively presumed to be a parent of the child.
 (1A) If:
 (a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a court of a reciprocating jurisdiction within the meaning of section 110 or a jurisdiction mentioned in Schedule 4 or 4A to the regulations has:
 (i) found expressly that the person is a parent of a particular child; or
 (ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
 (b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is presumed to be a parent of the child.
 (2) If:
 (a) after the death of a particular person, a prescribed court has:
 (i) found expressly that the person was a parent of a particular child; or
 (ii) made a finding that it could not have made unless the person was a parent of a particular child; and
 (b) the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed;
the person is presumed to have been a parent of the child.
 (3) In this section:
prescribed court means a federal court, a court of a State or Territory or a court of a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.