Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 77A
77A. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 81, any person
claiming to be the natural parent of a child born in wedlock, o r that
person’s heirs if the person was deceased before the child is b orn, may
proceed by sworn application before the competent court against the
spouses and child, or their respective heirs if anyone of them is
deceased, in order to be declared as the natural parent of the child, and
only if that person produces evidence that during the time from the
three-hundredth day to the one-hundred-and-eightieth day before the
birth of the child, the spouse who gave birth had committed adu ltery
with that person and furthermore produces evidence of any other fact
which may also be genetic and scientific tests and data that te nds to
exclude one of the spouses as the natural parent of the child.
CIVIL CODE [CAP. 16. 41
Demand may also
be exercised by
spouse who gave
birth.
Added by:
XXIII.2010.4.
Substituted by:
XXIII.2017.41.
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