Western Australian Current Acts

DUTIES ACT 2008 - SECT 6

6 .         Determining family relationships

        (1)         In this section —

        step-child , of a person, means a child of a spouse or de facto partner of the person.

        (2)         In determining whether a person is a family member of, or related to, another person —

            (a)         an illegitimate person is to be treated as the legitimate child of that person’s parents; and

            (b)         it is irrelevant whether a relationship is of the whole or half-blood, or whether it is a natural relationship or a relationship established by a written law.

        (3)         In determining for the purposes of section 43(1)(c) or (ca), 87(6)(a), (c) or (h) or 100(1)(a) or (c) whether a person is a child or remoter lineal descendant of another person, a step-child of a person is to be treated as a child.

        (4)         In determining for the purposes of section 162(1)(b) whether the relationship between individuals is that of parent and child, a step-child of a person is to be treated as a child.

        [Section 6 amended: No. 12 of 2019 s. 6.]