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Showing 1321–1330 of 33642 articles for “Art. 3 nov. 2016”
Where an action is brought under this section, the court shall decide, where appropriate, on the exercise of parental authority, the contribution to the maintenance and education of the child and the…
The legal separation leaves the duty of support intact; the judgment pronouncing it or a subsequent judgment sets the alimony that is due to the needy spouse. Alimony may also be provided for in the a…
Paternity outside marriage may be judicially declared. The action to establish paternity is reserved for the child.
In the case of the adoption of a ward of the State or a foreign child who is not the child of the adopter's spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner, the court shall chec…
The court pronounces a full adoption or a simple adoption. The adoption takes effect from the day on which the adoption petition is filed.
Subject to the provisions of this section, the consequences of legal separation shall be governed by the same rules as the consequences of divorce set out in Chapter III above.
A child conceived or born during marriage has the husband as its father.
As long as it has not been contested in court, legally established filiation prevents the establishment of another filiation that would contradict it.
…have the right to lodge third-party proceedings against them within the period mentioned in article 321 if the action was open to them. Judges may, of their own motion, order that all interested parti…
Plenary adoption confers on the child a filiation that replaces his or her original filiation: the adopted child ceases to belong to his or her original family, subject to the prohibitions on marriage…
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