Section 69R — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

If a person’s name is entered as a parent of a child in a register of births or parentage information kept under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State, Territory or prescribed overseas jurisdiction, the person is presumed to be a parent of the child.

Related sections

• s 69N — Transfer of proceedings from courts of summary jurisdiction in certain cases
• s 69P — Presumptions of parentage arising from marriage
• s 69Q — Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation
• s 69S — Presumptions of parentage arising from findings of courts
• s 69T — Presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgments
• s 69U — Rebuttal of presumptions etc.

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