Volume 93, Issue 129
Royal Gazette
15 October 2519
the legitimation might be requested since before the day of the death of the child, he or she must institute the action within one year from the day of the death of the child. If the descendant of the child knows of the cause for which the legitimation might be requested after the death of the child, he or she must institute the action within one year from the day he or she knows of the said cause, but not later than ten years from the day of the death of the child.
The provisions of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the institution of an action for legitimation of a child during the minority of his or her descendant.
Section1557.Legitimacy of the child under section 1547 takes effect—
(1)from the day of the marriage, in the event that the father and mother subsequently marry;
(2)from the day of the registration, in the event that the father registers the child as his child;
(3)from the day the final judgment is given, in the event that the status of being a child is declared by a judgment of a court; however, this cannot be invoked to the prejudice of the rights of a third party who acts in good faith, save where the status of being a child according to the judgment has already been registered.
