¹ If the parents marry each other, the provisions governing children born in wedlock apply mutatis mutandis to a child born prior to the marriage, providing the paternity of the husband is established by recognition or court declaration.

² Recognition may be challenged:

1.

by the mother;

2.²⁵⁹

by the child or, after his or her death, by his or her issue if the spouses ceased living together while the child was still a minor or if recognition did not occur until after the child's twelfth birthday;

3.

by the husband’s commune of origin or residence;

4.

by the husband.

³ The provisions governing challenge of recognition apply mutatis mutandis.