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(1) The following persons may apply to a Family Tribunal for an order to confirm the parentage of a child:

(a) the child;

(b) the parent of a child;

(c) the guardian of a child;

(d) a probation officer;

(e) a social welfare officer; or

(f) any other interested person.

(2) The application to the Family Tribunal may be made:

(a) before the child is born; or

(b) within three years after the death of the father or mother of a child; or

(c) before a child is eighteen years of age or after the child has attained that age with special leave of the Family Tribunal.