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In forceAdditional requirement if multiple births
Chapter 3Parentage orders
Part 2Making a parentage order
24 Additional requirement if multiple births
(1)
This section applies if a child has a living birth sibling.
(2)
Despite any other provision of this Act, the court may make a parentage order about the child in favour of an applicant, or joint applicants, only if it also makes a parentage order about each living birth sibling of the child in favour of the applicant, or joint applicants.
(3)
In this section—
birth sibling, of a child, means a brother or sister of the child who is born as a result of the same pregnancy as the child.
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