{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:666","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Bringing of Action","number":"666","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 10. - Filiation","section":"Section 4. - Judicial Establishment of Paternity","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The action for judicial establishment of paternity of the man who begot the child, may be instituted:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p1#article-666-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"by the mother if the child has not attained the age of fifteen years; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p1a#article-666-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"by the child who is fifteen years or older.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p1b#article-666-p1b"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"If the mother of the child is dead or is not in a position to manifest her will, the action may be instituted in her place by the maternal grandparents.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p2#article-666-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"In default of maternal grandparents the action may be instituted by maternal great-grandparents.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p3#article-666-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"The person who institutes the action has to adduce substantial evidence that the man has begot the child.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p4#article-666-p4"}]},{"id":"p5","number":"5","text":"Judicial establishment of paternity is nor possible if a legal filiation link between the child and another man is in existence.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p5","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p5#article-666-p5"}]},{"id":"p6","number":"6","text":"The action may be instituted even after the death of the man who begot the child.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/666/#p6","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":186,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/186/?article=666&paragraph=p6#article-666-p6"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}