Title: Children (Relationship and Legal Position) Act 1991 [1 November 1991].

POPLINE Document Number: 086549

Corporate Author(s):

Cyprus

Source citation:

EUROPEAN CURRENT LAW, 1992 Aug;(8):12-3.

Abstract:

In 1991, Cyprus enacted a statute dealing with the legal rights of children in relation to inheritance and proof of paternity. The statute holds that a child born during a marriage or within 302 days of the dissolution of a marriage is the child of the husband in that marriage unless the mother remarried during the 302 days, in which case the new husband is presumed to be the father of the child unless it is proved otherwise. The legitimacy of a child born in marriage can only be attacked in court if it can be proved that the mother did not conceive the child from her husband. The only people allowed to bring such action are the husband of the mother, the parents of the husband if he has died, the child, and the mother and first husband. There is a statute of limitations on such actions brought by a husband or a dead husband's parents. A child born out-of-wedlock may be recognized as legitimate if his parents marry at any time after his birth (even after his death). A child born out-of-wedlock may be recognized by a father (if the mother is living, her consent is required). If the father is dead, the paternal grandparents may recognize a child. Recognition always confers retrospective rights to the time of a child's birth.

Keywords:

Cyprus
Legislation
Inheritance
Child
Filiation
Illegitimacy
Developed Countries
Middle East
Ownership
Socioeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Youth
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Family Relationships
Family Characteristics
Family and Household
Social Problems