Judy rocks the House!
20 March 2008
Deputy leader Judy Turner surprised everyone with a smart move in the House that saw her Member's Bill placed on Parliament's Order Paper relating to the right of fathers to have DNA tests to determine the parentage of their children.
Family Proceedings (Paternity Orders and Parentage Tests) Amendment Bill
Member’s Bill
Explanatory note
The purposes of this Bill are to enable a male who has reasonable grounds to believe he either is or is not the father of a child to make an application for a paternity order; and to empower the Family Court to order that a buccal sample be taken from a child whose parentage is at issue or any person who may be the natural parent so that a parentage test can be carried out in respect of that child.
The Bill
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