Article 18 of the French Civil Code
November 8, 2023
A child is French if at least one of its parents is French.
A child is French if at least one of its parents is French.
However, if only one of the parents is French, a child who was not born in France has the option of renouncing French nationality in the six months preceding his majority and in the twelve months following it. This option is lost if the foreign or stateless parent acquires French nationality during the child’s minority.
A child born in France of unknown parents is French. However, he or she will be deemed never to have been French if, during his or her minority, his or her filiation is established with regard to a foreigner and if, in accordance with the national law of his or her author, he or she has the nationality of the latter.
Is French: 1° A child born in France of stateless parents; 2° A child born in France of foreign parents for whom the foreign laws of nationality do not in any way allow him to be transmitted the nationality of either of his parents. However, he will be deemed never to have been French if, during his minority, the foreign nationality acquired or possessed by one of his parents comes…
A child whose birth certificate has been drawn up in accordance with Article 58 of this Code shall be presumed to have been born in France.
A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.
However, if only one of the parents was born in France, the French child, by virtue of Article 19-3, has the option of renouncing this status in the six months preceding his majority and in the twelve months following it. This option is lost if one of the parents acquires French nationality during the child’s minority.
A child who is French by virtue of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed to have been French from birth, even if the existence of the conditions required by law for the attribution of French nationality is not established until later. The nationality of a child who has been the subject of a full adoption is determined according to the distinctions established in articles 18 et 18-1,19-1,19-3 and…
A child’s parentage only has an effect on the child’s nationality if it is established during the child’s minority.
French nationals who have the option of renouncing French nationality in the cases referred to in this title may exercise this option by declaration made in accordance with articles 26 et seq. He may renounce this option from the age of sixteen under the same conditions.
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