Which law determines paternity (who is the father) in Australia?
<p>I would like to know which Act defines the rules about the determination of a father in Australia. I can find the rules on different websites, but not the source for which law it is.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/find-legal-answers/child-support/proving-who-dad-is" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/find-legal-answers/child-support/proving-who-dad-is</a></p>
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<p>Sometimes there is disagreement as to who is the father of the child. The law says that a person is the biological father of the child if:</p>
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<p>Which law? Which act?</p>
<p>Same rules here:
<a href="https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Relationships-and-children/Child-support-and-maintenance/Proof-of-parentage#toc-disagreements-about-who-is-the-child-s-father-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Relationships-and-children/Child-support-and-maintenance/Proof-of-parentage#toc-disagreements-about-who-is-the-child-s-father-2</a></p>
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<p>The law says a person is the child’s biological father if:</p>
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<p>Which law?</p>

<h2>The <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fla1975114/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)</a></h2>
<p>Specifically ss69P-69T create the following presumptions about paternity:</p>
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<li>married to the mother</li>
<li>cohabitation with the mother</li>
<li>registered as the father</li>
<li>by finding of the court</li>
<li>by acknowledgment</li>
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<p>These presumptions are rebuttable under the procedures spelled out in the subsequent sections.</p>

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