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Difference between revisions of "Having Children with Assisted Reproduction"

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<blockquote><tt>(2) For the purposes of an instrument or enactment that refers to a person, described in terms of his or her relationship to another person by birth, blood or marriage, the reference must be read as a reference to, and read to include, a person who comes within the description because of the relationship of parent and child as determined under this Part.</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>(2) For the purposes of an instrument or enactment that refers to a person, described in terms of his or her relationship to another person by birth, blood or marriage, the reference must be read as a reference to, and read to include, a person who comes within the description because of the relationship of parent and child as determined under this Part.</tt></blockquote>


Section 26(1) says who a child's parents are:
Section 26(1) says who a child's parents are presumed to be:


<blockquote><tt>On the birth of a child not born as a result of assisted reproduction, the child's parents are the birth mother and the child's biological father.</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>On the birth of a child not born as a result of assisted reproduction, the child's parents are the birth mother and the child's biological father.</tt></blockquote>