Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 677
Consent of Parents of Adopted Child
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Both the father and the mother of a child who is to be adopted must give their consent to the adoption where they are alive and known.
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Where one of the parents of a child to be adopted is dead, absent, unknown or incapable to manifest his will, he shall as far as is possible be represented by his nearest ascendants who shall have power to give their consent to the adoption.
#(3)
Where the child has no ascendant capable of giving his consent, the consent of the family council shall be required.
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