Editing Affiliation (family law) (section)

== Affiliation procedures in other countries ==

In the [[British colonies]], and in the states of the United States (except for California, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Utah), there is some procedure (usually termed [[filiation]]) akin to that described above, by means of which a mother can obtain a contribution to the support of her [[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate child]] from the putative father. The amount ordered to be paid may subsequently be increased or diminished (1905; 94 N.Y. Supplt. 372).<ref name="EB1911"/>

On the continent of Europe, however, the [[legislation]] of the various countries differs rather widely. France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Serbia and the [[Canton of Geneva]] provide no means of inquiry into the paternity of an illegitimate child, and consequently all support of the child falls upon the mother; on the other hand, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the majority of the [[Swiss cantons]] provide for an inquiry into the paternity of illegitimate children, and the law casts a certain amount of responsibility upon the father.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Affiliation, in France, is a term applied to a species of adoption by which the person adopted succeeds equally with other heirs to the acquired, but not to the inherited, property of the deceased.<ref name="EB1911"/>

In India, affiliation cases are decided by section 125 of [[Code of Criminal Procedure (India)|Criminal Procedure Code]]. According to this section - among other things - if a person having sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain his illegitimate child, a [[magistrate]] of the first class may, upon proof of such neglect or refusal, order such person to make a monthly allowance for the maintenance of such child.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Diwan |first=Paras |date=1985 |title=Claim of Maintenance Under Criminal Procedure Code |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43950919 |journal=Journal of the Indian Law Institute |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=291–317 |jstor=43950919 |issn=0019-5731}}</ref>