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Title: Assisted Reproduction Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 5 Status of Children Conceived through Assisted Reproduction
Article 23
Any child born to a married woman and conceived through the use of donated sperm with the consent of her husband shall be considered a child born in wedlock.
Where the husband can prove that his consent as described in the proceeding paragraph was obtained by fraud or coercion, he may bring a law suit for denial of paternity not later than six months after the fraud or coercion has ceased. But where his consent was obtained by fraud, such a law suit is barred after three years of the child’s birth.
Article 1067 of the Civil Code shall not apply to any part of this article.
Article 24
Any child born to a married woman and conceived through the use of her husband's sperm and donated oocytes with her consent shall be considered a child born in wedlock.
Where the wife can prove that her consent as described in the proceeding paragraph was obtained by fraud or coercion, she may bring a law suit for denial of her parental status not later than six months after the fraud or coercion has ceased. But where her consent was obtained by fraud, such a law suit is barred after three years of the child’s birth.
Article 25
If a marriage is annulled or found to be invalid after a wife has conceived, a child or children born to that wife shall be considered a child or children born to the recipient couple in wedlock.