Volume 93, Issue 129
Royal Gazette
15 October 2519
Section1558.As regards an action for legitimation of a child of a dead person which has been instituted during the limitation period governing succession, if the court adjudges the child to be a legitimate child of the dead person, the child has the right to succeed to his or her inheritance as a statutory heir.
In the event that the inheritance has already been distributed, the provisions of this Code on unjust enrichment shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Section1559.Once registered, the status of being a child shall be irrevocable.
Section1560.A child born during a marriage subsequently annulled by a court judgment shall be deemed to be a legitimate child.
Section1561.A child has the right to use the family name of the father.
In the event that the father is not known, the child has the right to use the family name of the mother.
Section1562.No person shall institute a civil or criminal case against his or her own ascendants. But when that person or his or her close relative makes a request, a public prosecutor may take on the case.
