17.1. Documents attesting to the birth of a child: In every originating application concerning custody, access, parenting time, contact or tutorship to a child, a photocopy of the birth certificate, of the copy of the act of birth or of any other document issued by a competent authority other than the registrar of civil status in Québec attesting to the birth of the child concerned by the application must be filed; however, if the information shown in the photocopy is contested, the original must be filed.
In every application concerning the filiation of a child, the original of the child’s birth certificate, of the copy of the child’s act of birth or of any other document issued by a competent authority other than the registrar of civil status in Québec attesting to the child’s birth must be filed.
2021-05-31Decision 2021-05-31, s. 71.