DCC 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Filiation
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General principle: stability of an established filiation in title and in practice, for the best interest of the child: sec. Contestation of status: contradicting an established filiation: sec. Claim of status: requesting a status which has not been otherwise established: sec. Broad filiation on the terms of assistant procreation. Adoptive filiation: it annuls the filiation that is otherwise established (filiation by blood). If a child is adopted the filiation by blood is replaced by the filiation of the adoptive parents. The adoptive parents get the same rights and obligations as any other parents. Contestation of status allows you to attack or contradict a filiation which is established using 1 of the 4 mechanisms. The mother may contest the paternity of the presumed father within one year from the birth of the child. Any interested party can contest the filiation within 1 year. The case of the presumed father: sec. You also have the obligation to have custody.