DETERMINING A CHILD'S AGE

• Jurisdiction: Australia

[41C.1200] Overview

There are occasions when a child's age is either not known or is in dispute and the age is important for identification or legal purposes; there is need and expectation that individuals be aged accurately. Situations include:

1. deceased children or children who may be too young or too sick to identify themselves;
2. children whose documentation of age is either missing or suspected of being false;
3. children who may be victims of sexual abuse or exploitation and the alleged offender

...