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===Who is a parent?===
Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', a child’s parents are presumed to be the child’s birth mother and biological father. If the court is not sure who the child’s father is, the court can order medical tests — usually DNA tests — to determine who the father is under section 33.
When people have a child through assisted reproduction, a person who donates eggs or sperm is not presumed to be a legal parent. However, a woman who is a surrogate mother ''is'' presumed to be a parent, and her spouse may also be a legal parent. The ''Family Law Act'' lets people make agreements when they have a child through assisted reproduction. These agreements can say who is a parent and who isn’t. The people who can be a parent under an assisted reproduction agreement are: