Family Registration Law

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II FAMILY-REGISTRY

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CHAPTER III REGISTRATION IN THE FAMILY REGISTRY

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CHAPTER IV NOTIFICATIONS

Section 1 General Provisions

Section 2 Birth

Section 3 Acknowledgment

(Particulars of notification)

Article 60.  <tbw>

(Acknowledgment of an unborn child)

Article 61.  <tbw>

(Status of legitimacy by notification to that effect)

Article 62.  <tbw>

(Judicial acknowledgment)

Article 63.  If a judgment of judicial acknowledgment has become final and conclusive, the person who had initiated the action shall, within ten days of its becoming final and conclusive, give notification to that effect, annexing a copy of the judgment.  The written notification of the matter shall state the date on which the judgment became final and conclusive.

2. If the person who initiated the action did not make the notification under the provision of the preceding paragraph, the other party may, annexing a copy of the judgment, notify to the effect that the judgment of judicial acknowledgment has become final and conclusive.  In this case, the provision of the latter clause of the said paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(Acknowledgment by will)

Article 64.  <tbw>

(Still-birth of an acknowledged unborn child)

Article 65.  <tbw>

Section 4 Adoption

Section 5 Dissolution of Adoptive Relation

Section 6 Marriage

Section 7 Divorce

Section 8 Parental Power and Guardianship for Minors

(Determination by agreement of parent having parental power)

Article 78. Persons who wish to determine the parent having parental power by agreement in accordance with the provision of the proviso to paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 of Article 819 of the Civil Code shall give notification to that effect.

(Determination or change by judgment of parent having parental power)

Article 79. The provision of Article 63 paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the parent having parental power in cases where a judgment in substitution for the agreement under Civil Code Article 819 paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 has become final and conclusive or a judgment changing the parent having parental power has become final and conclusive. or where either father or mother has been adjudged forfeiture of his or her parental power or right of management and the other exercises the said power or right; to the person who has applied for such judgment, in cases where a judgment of annulment of adjudication of forfeiture has become final and conclusive.

(Declining or recovering parental power)

Article 80.  <tbw>

(Notification of commencement of guardianship)

Article 81.  <tbw>

(Notification of change of guardian)

Article 82.  If a guardian for minors has been changed, the successor shall give notification to that effect within ten days of the assumption of office.  In this case, the provision of paragraph 2 of the preceding article shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(Notification of designation or appointment of guardian)

Article 83.  In cases where the guardian for a minor has been designated by will, a copy of the will concerning the designation shall be annexed to the written notification.

2. In cases where a judgment appointing a guardian has been rendered, a copy of the judgment shall be annexed to teh written notification.

(Notification of termination of guardianship for minors)

Article 84.  <tbw>

(Application mutatis mutandis to supervisor of guardian or curator)

Article 85.  <tbw>

Section 9 Death and Disappearance

Section 10 Resumption of Surname by a Surviving Spouse and Dissolution of Matrimonial Relation

Section 11 Disinheritance of a Presumptive Successor

Section 12 Entry into Family Registry

Section 13 Separation from Family Registry

Section 14 Acquisition or Loss of Nationality

Section 15 Change of Name

Section 16 Transfer of Registered Locality and Establishment of Family Registry

CHAPTER V RECTIFICATION OF FAMILY REGISTRATION

CHAPTER V-II Special Provision Relating to Handling of Family Registry via an Electronic Processing System

CHAPTER VI Miscellaneous Provisions

Supplementary Provisions