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Article 98
Des Preuves de la Filiation des Enfans légitimes
Titre VI:
De la Paternité et de la Filiation
(On Paternity and Filiation)
Chapitre II:
Des Preuves de la Filiation des Enfans légitimes
(On Proofs of Filiation of Legitimate Children)
Les preuves de la filiation des enfans légitimes, émanent de l'acte de naissance inscrit sur les registres de l'état civil ; et à défaut, de la possession constante de l'enfant légitime.
Life lesson:
A birth certificate is the first proof. But when paper fails, the life lived — the constant possession of a child's place in a family — speaks for itself.
Notes:
Two modes of proving legitimate filiation: (1) birth certificate, (2) 'constant possession' of legitimate status — meaning the child has been consistently treated as legitimate. The second mode accommodates the reality of incomplete records in post-revolutionary Haiti.