Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a child is born to a woman while she is married, the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and her husband.
(2) If:
(a) at a particular time:
(i) a marriage to which a woman is a party is ended by death; or
(ii) a purported marriage to which a woman is a party is annulled; and
(b) a child is born to the woman within 44 weeks after that time;
the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and the husband or purported husband.
(3) If:
(a) the parties to a marriage separated at any time; and
(b) after the separation, they resumed cohabitation on one occasion; and
(c) within 3 months after the resumption of cohabitation, they separated again and lived separately and apart; and
(d) a child is born to the woman within 44 weeks after the end of the cohabitation, but after the divorce of the parties;
the child is presumed to be a child of the woman and the husband.