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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…

Verified sources as of 2026-04-07.

Applicable Law Articles

Critical Deadlines

  1. Verification of the situationbefore or after birth (CC 260 / CC 260a)
  2. Declaration to the civil registry officeat any time (CC 260 / OEC 11)
  3. Joint Parental Authority Agreement (optional)at any time (CC 298a / OEC 11a)
  4. Determination of maintenance contributionupon acknowledgment (CC 276 / CC 285 / CC 287)
  5. Dispute if defectsI'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)

Keywords

paternity acknowledgment filiation ADN contestation objection

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