Late recognition: A parentage relationship is discovered and the parent wishes to establish it legally.
Disputes: A parent or third party wishes to question the established parentage.
Paternity search: A child or his legal representative initiates proceedings against a father who has not recognized the child.
Surrogacy: Establishment of parentage relationships with intended parents.
Filiation refers to the legal relationship between a child and his parents. It can be established by birth, recognition, adoption, or by court order. This founding bond structures family life and has important legal consequences for the child as well as for the parents.
In particular, filiation conditions the exercise of parental authority, the obligation of maintenance and education, the right to a name as well as inheritance rights. However, certain situations can make filiation complex, in particular in the event of separation of parents, contests of paternity or maternity, or in the context of specific family paths.
Actions to establish or contest parentage comply with strict rules, both in terms of time limits and accepted methods of proof. A poor understanding of these rules can have lasting consequences on a child's legal and personal situation.
Being accompanied by a lawyer competent in matters of parentage makes it possible to anticipate difficulties, to secure the procedures and to effectively defend the interests of parents as well as those of the child, in accordance with their best interests.
