Parentage arising from findings of courts
9B Parentage arising from findings of courts
If:
(a) during the lifetime of a particular person, a prescribed court 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
the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,
the person is taken to be a parent of the child.
If:
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
the finding has not been altered, set aside or reversed,
the person is presumed to be a parent of the child.
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