Parentage presumptions arising from marriage
24 Parentage presumptions arising from marriage
A child born to a woman while she is married is presumed to be the child of the woman and her husband.
If a child is born to a woman within 44 weeks after her husband dies, the child is presumed to be the child of the woman and her deceased husband.
If a child is born to a woman within 44 weeks after her purported marriage is annulled, the child is presumed to be the child of the woman and her purported husband.
A child is presumed to be the child of a woman and her former husband if—
when they are married, they separate, resume cohabitation on a single occasion and, within 3 months after resuming cohabitation, separate again and live separately and apart; and
after the dissolution of the marriage, but within 44 weeks after the cohabitation ends, the child is born to the woman.
A presumption under this section is rebuttable.
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