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=S=> BGB 1600b. 1 The paternity may be contested at court within two years . The period commences on the date on which the person entitled learns of the circumstances that argue against the paternity ; the existence of a social and family relationship in the meaning of section 1600 ( 2 ) first alternative does not prevent the period from running .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 1a In the case of section 1600 subsection ( 1 ) no . 5 , the paternity may be contested in court within one year . The period commences when the public authority entitled to contest paternity obtains knowledge of the fact that justify the assumption that the requirements for its right to contest are satisfied . The contestation is excluded at the latest after the expiry of five years after the acknowledgement of paternity for a child born in the Federal territory ; failing this , at the latest five years after the entry into the country of the child .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 2 The period does not commence before the birth of the child , nor before the acknowledgement has become effective . In the cases of section 1593 sentence 4 , the period does not begin before the finality and non-appealability of the decision finding that the new husband of the mother is not the father of the child .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 3 If the legal representative of a minor child did not contest the paternity in good time , the child may contest it itself after it has reached the age of majority . In this case , the period does not begin before the minor becomes of full age , nor before the date on which the child learns of the circumstances that argue against the paternity .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 4 If the legal representative of a person incapable of contracting did not contest the paternity in good time , the person entitled to contest may himself contest after the lack of capacity to contract comes to an end . Subsection ( 3 ) sentence 2 applies with the necessary modifications .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 5 The period is suspended by the commencement of proceedings under section 1598a subsection ( 2 ) ; section 204 subsection ( 2 ) applies with the necessary modifications . The period is also suspended as long as the person entitled to contest is unlawfully prevented from contestation by threat . Apart from this , sections 206 and 210 apply with the necessary modifications .
=S=> BGB 1600b. 6 If the child obtains knowledge of circumstances on the basis of which the consequences of the paternity are unreasonable for it , the period of subsection ( 1 ) sentence 1 commences again for the child on this date .
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