The court may determine the biological father of the child, if paternity is not legally presumed and the biological father has not acknowledged the paternity voluntarily. Paternity shall be established by court if paternity has been contested and a court has established that the child does not descend from the man whose paternity was contested.
A court shall establish filiation from the father on the basis of circumstances which allow to presume that the child descends from this man.
The time period from the tree hundredth day until the one hundred eighty-first day before the birth of a child shall be deemed to be the time for conception. If it is ascertained that a child has been conceived outside of the time period specified in the previous sentence, this period of time shall be deemed to be the time for conception.
exception If a child was born as a result of artificial insemination, the law explicitly prohibits any request for the determination of paternity of the donor.
Procedure and time-limits
Paternity can be determined by bringing a claim to a court of general jurisdiction (civil court). The claim can be brought by:
- the child’s mother
- the child
- the child’s biological father