Determination of parentage, application for
26C Determination of parentage, application for
Before an application for an adoption order in relation to a child is filed, an application may be made to the Court —
by any man who might be presumed to be the child’s father because of a presumption set out in Part 5 Division 11 Subdivision 3 of the Family Court Act 1997; or
by any person who might be a parent of the child under the Artificial Conception Act 1985; or
by a person who has received a notice under section 21(1); or
by the CEO; or
in the case of a proposed adoption by a step‑parent of the child, by the prospective adoptive parent; or
on behalf of the child,
for the determination of the matter of the child’s parentage.
Notice of an application is to be served on —
a person whose consent to the adoption is required and has not been dispensed with; and
any other person who is a party to the proposed adoption.
[Section 26C inserted: No. 41 of 1997 s. 12; amended: No. 3 of 2002 s. 10; No. 8 of 2003 s. 21; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8).]
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