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A parent is now defined under the Family Law Act 1975 (section 10A VEA). This definition includes parents of adoptive children.
Without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this section.
Without limiting who is a step-parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone who is a de facto partner of a parent of the person is the step-parent of the person if he or she would be the person's step parent except that he or she is not legally married to the person's parent.