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  • Title: Decree No. 76-84, The Family Code, 31 May 1984.
    Author: Honduras.
    Journal: Annu Rev Popul Law; 1988; 15():65, 388-405. PubMed ID: 12289648.
    Abstract:
    This document contains major sections of the 1984 Family Code of Honduras. Title 1 includes general provisions. Title 2 covers the functioning of the family, with Chapter 1 regulating civil marriage, Chapter 2 the capacity to contract marriage (with marriage ages of 18 for men and 16 for women with authorization), Chapter 4 marital rights and obligations, Chapter 5 de facto union, Chapter 6 the economic regime of marriage, and Chapter 7 family patrimony. Title 3 deals with paternity and filiation, with Chapter 1 devoted to paternity, Chapter 3 the investigation and presumption of paternity, and Chapter 5 contesting paternity. The general provisions which apply to adoption are the topic of Chapter 1 of Title 4. The other chapters reprinted from this Title are Chapter 2 on simple adoption, Chapter 3 on full adoption, and Chapter 5 on the conversion of a simple adoption into a full adoption. Title 5 legislates parental authority; Chapter 1 deals with general provisions and Chapter 2 with extinction, suspension, and loss of parental authority. Title 6 defines and protects support of a beneficiary. Title 7 covers the dissolution of marriage (Chapter 1); the nullity of marriage (Chapter 2); separation and divorce (Chapter 3); the effects of annulment, separation, and divorce (Chapter 4); and second and later marriages (Chapter 5).
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