Lester Burnham
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no of course not. many simply volunteer. but if a potential father disputes paternity then a test is required before a man can be forced to pay things like child support.
That's not quite true. If the Child Support Agency Registrar determines by application of the Presumptions of parentage rules that a man is the father
eg
a man who cohabited with the child's mother at any time during the period beginning 44 weeks and ending 20 weeks before the child was born, but they were not married at any time during that period
then that man has to pay child support unless he takes court action.
http://guides.dss.gov.au/child-support-guide/2/1/3