In default of a record of birth, filiation is proved by the possession of status of child.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 669
Possession of Status · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
A person has the possession of status of child when he is treated by a man or a woman, by their relatives and by society as being the child of such man or woman.
Possession of status shall be proved by producing four witnesses. It may be contested by producing four witnesses.