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# Practical Guide
I want to acknowledge or establish paternity
If the parents are not married, paternal filiation is established by recognition before the civil status officer or by judgment (art. 260 al. 1 CC). Recognition can be made before or after birth. If the father refuses to recognize the child, the mother (or the child) can…
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Applicable Law Articles
- I'm ready to translate the Swiss legal text into English, preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text to translate appears to be missing or only contains the placeholder "CC 260". Could you please provide the actual text that needs to be translated? Once you do, I will: 1. Preserve every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) exactly 2. Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders unchanged 3. Use the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Please share the text you'd like me to translate. — Recognition of the child
- I'm ready to translate the text from French/German Swiss legal language to English, preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text to be translated appears to be only "CC 261" - which is a protected token that should be preserved exactly. **Translation:** CC 261 If you have an actual text to translate (beyond the protected token), please provide it and I will translate it while applying your preferred glossary: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement — Paternity Action
- I'm ready to translate the text from French/German/Italian into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. However, I notice that the text to translate is shown only as "CC 263", which is a protected token that I must preserve exactly. Please provide the actual French/German/Italian legal text that needs to be translated, and I will: - Translate it into English - Use your preferred glossary (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) - Preserve every protected token, URL, law reference, amount, date, citation, and placeholder exactly as they appear Once you provide the text, I'll return only the translation. — Time limit for paternity action
Critical Deadlines
- Verification of the situation — before or after birth (CC 260 / CC 260a)
- Declaration to the civil registry office — at any time (CC 260 / OEC 11)
- Joint Parental Authority Agreement (optional) — at any time (CC 298a / OEC 11a)
- Determination of maintenance contribution — upon acknowledgment (CC 276 / CC 285 / CC 287)
- Dispute if defects — I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving: - All protected tokens (like 5 years) - URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders - Using your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains "5 years" with no actual content to translate. Please provide the full Swiss legal text that needs to be translated, and I will process it accordingly. (CC 260a / CC 260b / CC 260c)
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