Article 1:199
in forceParentage · General
The father of a child is the man:
who, at the time of the birth of the child, is married to, or has entered into a registered partnership with, the woman from whom the child is born, unless part b or the final sentence of Article 198, paragraph 1, under b, applies;
whose marriage or registered partnership with the woman from whom the child was born was dissolved by his death within 306 days before the birth of the child, even if the mother had remarried or had registered a new partnership; if, however, the woman was legally separated (gescheiden van tafel en bed) since the 306th day before the birth of the child or she and her spouse or registered partner have lived apart since that time, the woman may declare before the Registrar of Civil Status within one year after the birth of the child that her deceased spouse or registered partner is not the father of the child, of which declaration a deed shall be drawn up; if the mother had remarried or had registered a new partnership at the time of the birth, then in that case the current spouse or registered partner is the father or, in the case referred to in Article 198, paragraph 1, under b, the current spouse or registered partner is the mother of the child;
who has acknowledged the child;
whose paternity has been judicially established; or
who has adopted the child.
Vader van een kind is de man:
die op het tijdstip van de geboorte van het kind met de vrouw uit wie het kind is geboren, is gehuwd of een geregistreerd partnerschap is aangegaan, tenzij onderdeel b of de slotzin van artikel 198, eerste lid, onder b, geldt;
wiens huwelijk of geregistreerd partnerschap met de vrouw uit wie het kind is geboren, binnen 306 dagen voor de geboorte van het kind door zijn dood is ontbonden, zelfs indien de moeder was hertrouwd of een nieuw partnerschap had laten registreren; indien echter de vrouw sedert de 306de dag voor de geboorte van het kind was gescheiden van tafel en bed of zij en haar echtgenoot of geregistreerde partner sedert dat tijdstip gescheiden hebben geleefd, kan de vrouw binnen een jaar na de geboorte van het kind ten overstaan van de ambtenaar van de burgerlijke stand verklaren dat haar overleden echtgenoot of geregistreerde partner niet de vader is van het kind, van welke verklaring een akte wordt opgemaakt; was de moeder op het tijdstip van de geboorte hertrouwd of had zij een nieuw partnerschap laten registreren dan is in dat geval de huidige echtgenoot of geregistreerde partner de vader of, in het geval, genoemd in artikel 198, eerste lid, onder b, de huidige echtgenote of geregistreerde partner de moeder van het kind;
die het kind heeft erkend;
wiens vaderschap gerechtelijk is vastgesteld; of
die het kind heeft geadopteerd.
Decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) applying this article. Annotations are unofficial translations.
Law of Persons and Family Law. Article 8 ECHR. Dispute regarding the question of whether A is the biological father of a child born during the marriage of the mother and B. A petitions for an access arrangement and information concerning the minor, and for a DNA test. Balancing of interests.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlLaw of Persons and Family Law. Termination of parental authority (Article 1:266 BW). Procedural position of the parent not invested with parental authority. Concept of interested party in Article 798, paragraph 1, first sentence, of the Code of Civil Procedure (Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering). Concept of ‘parent’ in Article 798, paragraph 1, second sentence, of the Code of Civil Procedure. Right to a counter-expertise under Article 810a, paragraph 2, of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlLaw of Persons and Family Law. Law of Names Aruba. Recognition of a minor; change of surname on the basis of Article 1:5 paragraph 1 of the Civil Code of Aruba (Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba). Unequal treatment; reference to Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) 23 September 1988, ECLI:NL:HR:1988:AD0437, NJ 1989/740. Can the court provide a remedy for a legal deficiency? Alignment with the not yet enacted Article 1:5g of the Civil Code of Aruba and Article 1:5b of the Civil Code of Aruba.
Decision on rechtspraak.nlFamily law. Denial of paternity of a child born during marriage; petition of the man for an order for DNA testing, enforceability of the mother's cooperation; cassation, inadmissible new factual ground (feitelijk novum).
Decision on rechtspraak.nlDenial of paternity. Dispute between the special guardian (bijzondere curator) of a minor child and the denying legal father regarding the costs of the paternity test ordered on appeal, which established that he is not the biological father; is the cost order against the guardian (the child) as the 'unsuccessful party' justified?, incomprehensible judgment; factual basis in cassation, is the letter to the appellate court, a copy of which was submitted in cassation, a procedural document?
Decision on rechtspraak.nl