(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.