Important cases — Parentage orders

[3-1370] Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice v TL [2025] NSWSC 301

Last reviewed: November 2025

Parentage — declaration of parentage — where child’s father not recorded at birth — where mother subsequently applied to vary birth certificate to record first defendant as father — where mother made various representations as to child’s paternity — where on the evidence there is no doubt that second defendant is child’s father — declaration of non-parentage made — declaration of parentage made.