- (iii) the age of the child;
- (iv) any bond that has developed between the child and any party to the proceedings;
- (v) the intention of the parties to the proceedings with regard to the parenthood of the child;
- (vi) the conduct and behaviour of the parties to the proceedings;
- (vii) the relationship between the child and any child of a party to the proceedings;
- (viii) the respective abilities of the parties to the proceedings to provide for the child's physical, emotional, developmental and other needs;
- (ix) the extent to which any party to the proceedings can facilitate the child's relationship with any other party to the proceedings;
- (x) any other relevant matter.
(8) An application to determine the parenthood of a child may include an application for ancillary orders relating to the welfare of the child, including a declaration of the legitimacy of the child and an order for a person treated as a parent to maintain the child, and the court may make such ancillary orders as it deems necessary.
(9) Subject to sections 6, 7 and 9(2), an order by the court in an application to determine the parenthood of a child shall take effect from the date of the order or from such other date as may be specified in the order.
Legitimacy
11. If the woman who is to be treated as the mother of a child under this Act is married to the man who is to be treated as the father of the child under this Act, the child shall be treated as legitimate and a child of the marriage from whichever of the following dates occurs last:
