Taking action to question Paternity

What if you don’t think you are the father of the child ?

The Child Support Agency (CSA) must be satisfied that you are the father of the child before it can make a child support assessment.

The CSA cannot be satisfied that you are the father unless at least one of the following applies:

• your name is on the birth certificate
• you have sworn a statutory declaration that you are the father of the child
• you were married to the mother at the time the child was born
• a court has made an order that you are the father of the child
• you were living together at any time from 44 weeks to 20 weeks before the birth of the child
• you have adopted the child

Family Law Basics – Property Settlement

AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAW RELATING TO PROPERTY SETTLEMENT

Orders relating to property settlement are made pursuant to Section 79 of the Family Law Act. Practitioners should read this Section and be fully aware of the specific provisions in Section 79(1) and Section 79(4). Section 79(4) sets out the matters that the Court should take into account in making an Order for property settlement. Practitioners should also be aware of Section 79(2) which requires that the Order that the Court makes must be just and equitable.