Effect of parentage order
37 Effect of parentage order
This section provides for the effect of a parentage order made in relation to a child.
On and from the date the parentage order is made:
the child becomes the child of the intended parent or intended parents; and
the intended parent or intended parents become the parent or parents of the child; and
the child is no longer the child of the surrogate mother and any other birth parent; and
the surrogate mother and any other birth parent are no longer the parent or parents of the child.
The relationships between the child and all other persons are determined in accordance with subsection (2).
Any disposition or devolution of property dependent on the relationship between the child and another person is determined in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
A person may vary an instrument disposing of property, made before a parentage order, to exclude a child who is the subject of the parentage order.
Nothing in this Act affects the operation of a provision in a will or other instrument distinguishing between a child who is the subject of a parentage order and other children.
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