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Article 789Legitimation

第七百八十九条(準正)

A child whose paternity the father acknowledges acquires status as a child in wedlock upon the marriage of the child's father and mother.

父が認知した子は、その父母の婚姻によって嫡出子の身分を取得する。

A child whose parentage the parents acknowledge while married to each other acquires status of a child in wedlock from the time of that acknowledgment.

婚姻中父母が認知した子は、その認知の時から、嫡出子の身分を取得する。

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis if the child has already died.

前二項の規定は、子が既に死亡していた場合について準用する。

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