Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 77B

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77B. A judicial demand for a declaration of parenthood as mentioned in the previous article may also be exercised by the parent who gave birth by sworn application before the competent court against t he other spouse, the natural parent and the child born in wedlock, provi ded that the applicant produces evidence that during the time from the t hree- hundredth day to the one-hundred-and-eightieth day before the b irth of the child that parent had committed adultery with the person wh o the said parent is demanding to be d eclared as the natural parent a nd furthermore produces evidence of any other fact which may also be genetic and scientific tests and data that tends to indicate th at person as the natural parent of the child. Sworn application filed within six months from the birth of the child. Added by: XXIII.2010.4. Substituted by: XXIII.2017.42.

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