Parent Establishment Basis
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The legal route by which parentage was established for a given Parent record. Distinguishes automatic legal presumptions from voluntary acts, court orders, and adoption or surrogacy orders.
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
marital_presumption | Marital presumption | Parentage established automatically by operation of law because the parent was married to the other parent at the time of birth or within a specified period beforehand. No separate declaration or court order is required. | |
voluntary_recognition | Voluntary recognition | Parentage established by a formal declaration made voluntarily by the parent, typically before a civil registrar or notary. Common for establishing paternity outside marriage. | |
judicial_declaration | Judicial declaration | Parentage established by a court order, for example following a contested paternity action, a legitimation proceeding, or a court-ordered parentage test. | |
adoption_order | Adoption order | Parentage established through a formal adoption order issued by a competent authority. Applies to both domestic adoption and intercountry adoption under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption (HCCH 1993). | |
surrogacy_order | Surrogacy order | Parentage established by a court or administrative order recognizing the intended parent or parents following a surrogacy arrangement. The form and availability of such orders varies significantly across jurisdictions. |
Referenced by this vocabulary
- Hague Adoption Convention Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), 1993