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CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec
Section 525
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525. A child born during a marriage, civil union or de facto union or within 300 days after its dissolution or annulment or, in the case of a de facto union, its end, is presumed to have as the other parent the spouse of his mother or of the parent who gave birth to him.
The presumption is rebutted with regard to the former spouse where the child is born within 300 days of the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or civil union or of the end of the de facto union, but after a subsequent marriage, civil union or de facto union of his mother or of the parent who gave birth to him.
The presumption is also rebutted if the child is born more than 300 days after the judgment ordering separation from bed and board of married spouses, unless the spouses have voluntarily resumed their community of life before the birth.
The presumption is rebutted as well if the child is born of an assisted procreation activity carried out after the death of the spouse of his mother or of the parent who gave birth to him.
525. If a child is born during a marriage or a civil union between persons of opposite sex, or within 300 days after its dissolution or annulment, the spouse of the child’s mother is presumed to be the father.
The presumption of paternity is rebutted if the child is born more than 300 days after the judgment ordering separation from bed and board of married spouses, unless the spouses have voluntarily resumed their community of life before the birth.
The presumption is also rebutted as regards the former spouse if the child is born within 300 days of the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or civil union, but after a subsequent marriage or civil union of the child’s mother.
525. If a child is born during a marriage or a civil union between persons of opposite sex, or within 300 days after its dissolution or annulment, the spouse of the child’s mother is presumed to be the father.
The presumption of paternity is rebutted if the child is born more than 300 days after the judgment ordering separation from bed and board of married spouses, unless the spouses have voluntarily resumed living together before the birth.
The presumption is also rebutted as regards the former spouse if the child is born within 300 days of the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or civil union, but after a subsequent marriage or civil union of the child’s mother.
525. If a child is born during a marriage or a civil union between persons of opposite sex, or within 300 days after its dissolution or annulment, the spouse of the child’s mother is presumed to be the father.
The presumption of paternity is rebutted if the child is born more than 300 days after the judgment ordering separation from bed and board of married spouses, unless the spouses have voluntarily resumed living together before the birth.
The presumption is also rebutted in respect of the former spouse if the child born is within 300 days of the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or civil union, but after a subsequent marriage or civil union of the child’s mother.
525. If a child is born during a marriage, or within 300 days after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage, the husband of the child’s mother is presumed to be the father.
The presumption of the husband’s paternity is rebutted if the child is born more than 300 days after the judgment ordering separation from bed and board, unless the spouses have voluntarily resumed living together before the birth.
If a child is born within 300 days after the dissolution or annulment of a marriage but after his mother has remarried, her husband at the time of the birth is presumed to be the father of the child.
