Title VI — Paternity and Filiation
Article 177
ELI5— what this means for you
Legitimation is the process of converting an illegitimate child into a legitimate one. Under the Family Code, legitimation occurs only by the subsequent valid marriage of the parents — provided the child was conceived and born at a time when the parents had no legal impediment to marrying each other (or only a temporary one).
Official text — EO 209
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