Book Two: FAMILY LAW › Part Two: KINSHIP › Chapter One: ESTABLISHMENT OF DESCENT › Division Three: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND PATERNITY JUDGMENT A. Acknowledgement
The mother and the child may request that descent between the child and the father be established by the court.
The action shall be brought against the father or, if the father has died, against his heirs.
The paternity action shall be notified to the public prosecutor and the Treasury; if the action is brought by the mother, to the curator; and if it is brought by the curator, to the mother.
Original Turkish text
MADDE 301 · I. Dava hakkı
Çocuk ile baba arasındaki soybağının mahkemece belirlenmesini ana ve çocuk isteyebilirler.
Dava babaya, baba ölmüşse mirasçılarına karşı açılır.
Babalık davası, Cumhuriyet savcısına ve Hazineye; dava ana tarafından açılmışsa kayyıma; kayyım tarafından açılmışsa anaya ihbar edilir.