CC 238 - Illegitimate children, freedom from parental authority.
SECTION 2--OF THE DUTIES OF PARENTS TOWARD THEIR
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN, AND OF THE DUTIES OF
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TOWARD THEIR PARENTS
Art. 238. Illegitimate children, freedom from parental authority.
Illegitimate children generally speaking, belong to no family, and have no relations; accordingly they are not submitted to the paternal authority, even when they have been legally acknowledged.