CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

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538.1. The filiation of a child born of a parental project involving the use of the reproductive material of a third person is established with regard to the mother or the parent by the fact of their having given birth to the child.
Filiation is established with regard to the other parent, if applicable, by the acknowledgement of a bond of filiation in the declaration of birth in accordance with the rules prescribed by this Code. In the absence of such an acknowledgement in the declaration of birth, uninterrupted possession of status is sufficient.
Uninterrupted possession of status is established by an adequate combination of facts which indicate the relationship of filiation between the child and the person who acts toward him as his parent. For the possession to be uninterrupted, such conduct must begin at the child’s birth and continue for a minimum period of 24 months, except in exceptional circumstances.
Uninterrupted possession of status may not be established in cases where it is exercised by more than one person simultaneously.
2002, c. 6, s. 30; 2023, c. 13, s. 16.
538.1. As in the case of filiation by blood, the filiation of a child born of assisted procreation is established by the act of birth. In the absence of an act of birth, uninterrupted possession of status is sufficient; the latter is established by an adequate combination of facts which indicate the relationship of filiation between the child, the woman who gave birth to the child and, where applicable, the other party to the parental project.
This filiation creates the same rights and obligations as filiation by blood.
2002, c. 6, s. 30.