French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions
Article 311-2
Possession of status must be continuous, peaceful, public and unequivocal.
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Possession of status must be continuous, peaceful, public and unequivocal.
Where the referral to the public prosecutor concerns a prenatal acknowledgement or an acknowledgement concomitant with the declaration of birth, the child's birth certificate shall be drawn up without…
Parentage is established, in respect of the mother, by her designation in the child's birth certificate.
When the acknowledgement is registered, its effects for the application of articles 311-21 or 311-23 date back to the date of referral to the public prosecutor.
…f has treated them as his parent or parents; 2° That they have, in this capacity, provided for his education, maintenance or settlement...; 3° That this person is recognised as their child, in society…
Filiation is legally established, under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of this Title, by operation of law, by voluntary recognition or by possession of status established by an act of notoriet…
…latest within three years of the child's birth. Where this article, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or article 357 in respect of a joint child, the name previously devolved or c…
…he child takes that parent's name.When the second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the parents may, by joint declaration before the civil registrar, choos…
Parentage is proved by the child's birth certificate, by the acknowledgement certificate or by the notoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter…
The court shall rule, within a period of ten days from the date on which the matter is referred to it, on the application for the opposition to be dismissed made by the author of the acknowledgement,…
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