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Showing 121–130 of 4213 articles for “Art. CE 31 Mar 2017 n° 401059”
…names together in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each. In the absence of a joint declaration to the civil registrar mentioning the child's choice of surname, the child…
…ame of the parent in respect of whom the parent-child relationship was established in the second place, or to combine their two surnames, in the order chosen by them, up to a maximum of one surname fo…
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…
…gment dismissing the opposition to the registration of the acknowledgement or to its mention in the margin of the child's birth certificate may not be contested.
A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity or maternity is valid if it was made in accordance with either the personal law of its author or the personal law of the child.
…and surname of the author of the acknowledgement as well as the forenames and surname, date and place of birth of the child concerned. In the case of a prenatal acknowledgement, the act of opposition…
However, if the child and his father and mother or one of them have their habitual residence in France, whether common or separate, possession of status produces all the consequences that flow from it…
The judicial court, ruling in civil matters, has sole jurisdiction to hear actions relating to filiation.
If there exists between the father and mother of the child any of the impediments to marriage provided for by articles 161 and 162 on the grounds of parentage, parentage having already been establishe…
The option of choice available under articles 311-21 and 311-23 may be exercised only once.
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