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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…

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)

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