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Section 521.20
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In force: 2025-06-30
521.20. A parental union is formed upon de facto spouses becoming the father and mother or the parents of the same child. The same applies where the father and mother or the parents of the same child become de facto spouses or become de facto spouses again.
Where one of the spouses is married or in a civil union or a parental union, a parental union with a new spouse is formed only from the date of the dissolution of the marriage or civil union or, as the case may be, of the end of the parental union.
Persons who are, in relation to each other, an ascendant, a descendant, a brother or a sister cannot form a parental union.
Within the meaning of this article, de facto spouses are two persons who share a community of life and who represent themselves publicly as a couple, regardless of how long they have shared a community of life. Persons who cohabit and are the father and mother or the parents of the same child are presumed to share a community of life.
