Additional requirements if multiple births
17 Additional requirements if multiple births
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.
This section applies if a child has a living birth sibling.
Despite any other provision of this Act, the court may make a parentage order under which the child becomes a child of the intended parent or parents named in the order only if – the court also makes a parentage order, about each living birth sibling of the child, under which the birth sibling becomes a child of the intended parent or parents; or the court considers the order will be in the best interests of the child even if a parentage order about each living birth sibling of the child is not made as mentioned in paragraph (a).
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