New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 20

20 Annulment of paternity acknowledgments

(1) A formal paternity acknowledgment can be annulled only by order of the Supreme Court.

(2) The Court may annul a formal paternity acknowledgment on the application of, or on behalf of, any of the following persons:

(a) the person who executed the acknowledgment,

(b) the mother of the child to whom the acknowledgment relates,

(c) the child to whom the acknowledgment relates,

(d) the Registrar,

(e) any other person who may be affected by the result of the application.

(3) If the Court makes an annulment order, the Registrar of the Division of the Court in which the order was made must immediately cause a copy of the order to be transmitted to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to be dealt with under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .