French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage
Article 326
During childbirth, the mother may request that her admission and identity be kept secret.
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During childbirth, the mother may request that her admission and identity be kept secret.
In the absence of a title and possession of status, the maternity search is admitted.The action is reserved for the child who is required to prove that he is the one from whom the alleged mother gave…
The parent, even if a minor, in respect of whom filiation is established has, during the minority of the child, sole standing to bring an action to establish maternity or paternity. If no parent-child…
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.
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.
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…
The adoption is irrevocable.
Possession of status may be established, at the request of any person having an interest therein, within ten years of its cessation or the death of the alleged parent.
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