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Effect of declaration of parentage
Cap. 173, s. 89 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) A declaration of parentage by a court shall have the effect of establishing a blood relationship of father and child or of mother and child and accordingly, the child shall be in the same legal position as a child actually born in lawful wedlock towards the father or the mother.
(2) A declaration of parentage shall not, by itself, confer rights of custody of the child upon the father or mother.
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