Art. 110 — CIVIL CODE

Subject to the provisions of article 92, a child in whose

favour there is a presumption in virtue of a decree of the competent

court shall assume

(a) the family name adopted by the spouses in terms of

article 4, where the presumption has taken place upon

the demand of either one of the parents, or both

parents together; or

(b) the surname of any of the parents, or the surname of

both parents, in the order they choose, where the

presumption has taken place upon the demand of either

one of the parents, or both parents together, and their

marriage was contracted prior the coming into force of

the Marriage Act and other Laws (Amendment) Act,

2017. 2017; or

(c) the surname chosen by both parents in virtue of Form

Y contained in Part II of the First Schedule to this

Code, as appropriate.

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