Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 100BParenthood in civil unions.
Sub-title III
(1) Children adopted jointly by partners to a civil union contracted between persons of the same sex under the Civil Unions
Act, or recognised by the said Act shall, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Code or of any other law, be recognised for all intents and purposes of law as having parents of the same sex and all rights and obligations of parents towards their children and of children towards their parents under this Code or under any other law shall apply to such children and parents.
(2) Whenever a law or administrative measure requires a person to declare the name or other particulars of the mother or the father, a person adopted jointly by partners in a civil union as referred to in sub-article (1) shall be entitled to declare the names or other particulars of the two partners in the said civil union instead of the said particulars of the mother or the father.
II O § . F THE PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON WAS CONCEIVED OR BORN IN WEDLOCK
Amendment history
- Amended by XVIII.2004.19