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Article 780Competency to Acknowledge Parentage

第七百八十条(認知能力)

A father or a mother does not need the consent of a legal representative in order to acknowledge parentage, even if that father or mother is a minor or an adult ward.

認知をするには、父又は母が未成年者又は成年被後見人であるときであっても、その法定代理人の同意を要しない。

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