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PATERNITY AND FILIATION
Article 164. Children conceived or born during
the marriage of the parents are legitimate.
Children conceived as a result of artificial
insemination of the wife with the sperm of the
husband or that of a donor or both are likewise
legitimate children of the husband and his wife,
provided, that both of them authorized or
ratified such insemination in a written
instrument executed and signed by them
before the birth of the child. The instrument
shall be recorded in the civil registry together
with the birth certificate of the child. (55a, 258a)
Article 165. Children conceived and born
outside a valid marriage are illegitimate, unless
otherwise provided in this Code. (n)