Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 87

87. (1) The acknowledgment of a child conceived and born out of wedlock may be made in the act of birth, or by any other public deed either befor e or after the birth. (2) Any declaration of parenthood made otherwise by either of the parents, or by both, or by a minor, can only be admitted as evidence of filiation in an affiliation suit. Effects. 88. An acknowledgment shall onl y operate in regard to the parent making it, and it shall not confer on the child so acknowledged any right against the other parent. A child conceived and born out of wedlock of a spouse, born before or during a marriage. Amended by: XLVI.1973.15. Substituted by: XVIII.2004.11.