Article 260, Chapter 1 of The Civil Code of the Philippines

 Main Topic: PATERNITY AND FILIATION


Sub-topic: LEGITIMATE CHILDREN

 

 
Art. 260. If after a judgment annulling a marriage, the former wife should believe herself to be pregnant by the former husband, she shall, within thirty days from the time she became aware of her pregnancy, notify the former husband or his heirs of that fact. He or his heirs may ask the court to take measures to prevent a simulation of birth.
The same obligation shall devolve upon a widow who believes herself to have been left pregnant by the deceased husband, or upon the wife who believes herself to be pregnant by her husband from whom she has been legally separated. (n)


DISCUSSION/EXPLANATION:


    Article 260 of the Civil Code provided that if the wife was pregnant after the annulment of their marriage she shall have thirty days (30) to notify her husband her pregnancy her  child have its child for his/her heirs and can get his right to his/her father. 
    
   The same case would apply if the her husband have been died from whom she was separated.                   

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