Expertise
PARTNERSHIP, PARENTAGE
AND MARITAL STATUS
Parentage is the legal bond between parents and their children. This link is essential because it is a source of rights and duties for children and parents, and more broadly for descendants and ascendants. The interest in establishing this link is both moral and financial (maintenance rights, inheritance rights).
PARENTAGE BASED ON NATURAL PROCREATION:
The child’s parentage may be established by voluntary acknowledgment – the mother ,the birth certificate. The voluntary recognition of paternity may not be opposed or contested.
We accompany you before the courts in any action to dispute or establish your parentage.
PARENTAGE BASED ON ADOPTION:
A distinction is made between full or simple.
We can provide you with information on these two forms of adoption and assist you with the steps to be taken to implement them.
PARENTAGE BASED ON MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROCREATION or (M.A.P) AND SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD:
In the case of M.A.P, the child’s parentage is established only in relation to the recipient couple, to the exclusion of any legal link with the third-party donor. This possibility is now much more open and is no longer limited to medical impossibility. On the other hand, French law still prohibits surrogate motherhood. However, the non-biological parent can now have his or her filiation with the child established if several conditions are met.
The firm pays particular attention to developments in this area. We provide you with the best possible advice to ensure that the parent-child relationship is recognised and recorded in the civil status registers. If this is not possible, we can advise you on the mechanisms that may enable you to take your place as a parent.
The firm can also help you with the procedure for changing your first and last names if this is necessary.
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