Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 77
77. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 81, the
filiation of a child born in wedlock may also be impeached by a ny
person interested:
(a) if he proves that, during the time from the three-
hundredth day to the one-hundred-and-eightieth day
before the birth of the child, the husband was in the
physical impossibility of cohabiting with his wife on
account of his being away from her or some other
accident; or
(b) if he proves that, during the said time, the wife had
committed adultery, and furthermore produces
evidence of any other fact w hich may also be genetic
and scientific tests and data that tends to exclude the
husband as the natural father of the child.
Application for
declaration of
parenthood.
Added by:
XXIII.2010.4.
Substituted by:
XXIII.2017.40.
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