(1) Only a civil marriage, contracted in the form prescribed by this Code creates the effects which laws connect with marriage.

(2) A religious ceremony may be performed only after the contraction of a civil marriage. This ceremony has no legal effect.

(1) Marriages are contracted publicly and solemnly at the municipal council.

(2) Where one of the parties to the marriage is unable to appear at the municipal council for a valid reason, then on the discretion of the officer of the civil status the marriage may be contracted elsewhere.

(1) A marriage is contracted not less than thirty days after the declaration at the municipal people's council. With the permission of the officer for civil status the marriage may be entered into earlier, where important reasons necessitate this.

(2) The officer for civil status checks the identity and the age of the parties, the declarations filed by them and the medical certificates. If there are no obstacles for the contraction of the marriage the officer for civil status asks the parties whether they are willing to get married, and after an affirmative reply from them, drafts an act for the contraction of the marriage which is signed by the marrying parties, by two witnesses and by him.

(3) The marriage is deemed contracted with the signing of the act by the persons involved and the officer for civil status.

(1) A marriage may be contracted by a person who has completed eighteen years of age.

(2) Where there are important reasons which necessitate this as an exception, the marriage may be entered into by a person who has completed sixteen years of age with the permission of the president of the regional court at the place of residence of the person. Where both parties are minors and live in different regions permission is given by the president of the court of the place of residence of one of the persons contracting the marriage by their choice. The president hears the minor, the parents or the guardian. The opinion of the parents or the guardian may be submitted in writing with their signatures attested by the Notary public.

(3) With the contraction of marriage a minor becomes competent but can dispose of real estate only with the permission of the regional court at the place of its residence.

(1) A marriage may not be contracted by a person:

(2) It is prohibited for a marriage to be contracted between:

(1) The properties and rights in properties, and also the bank deposits, acquired by the spouses during the marriage as a result of their common contributions, belong jointly to them irrespective in whose name they have been acquired.

(2) The mutual contribution of the spouses may be expressed by the investment of means and labour, by care for the children and work in the household.

(3) The mutual contribution is presumed until proved otherwise.

(1) The properties, rights in properties and bank deposits, acquired before the marriage, and the properties, rights in properties and bank deposits, acquired during the marriage by way of inheritance or donation belong to the spouse who has acquired them. Personal are also the things and rights in things acquired by one of the spouses under the rules set by the Civil Procedure Code, where the execution of a personal debt of one of the spouses is directed against a property or rights in property which are part of the matrimonial community property.

(2) Personal property are the chattels acquired by each one of the spouses during the marriage which serve him or her for the ordinary personal use or are necessary in practicing his or her profession.

(1) The properties, rights in properties and bank deposits, acquired during the marriage are personal where acquired in their entirety with personal property, according to Article 20, Para1 with other personal property acquired before the marriage.

(2) Where the properties, rights in properties and bank deposits are acquired in part with personal property, according to the foregoing subArticle, the personal property of the spouse is a corresponding part of the acquired property, unless this part is negligible.

(1) The spouses have equal rights of possession, use, disposal and management of the matrimonial community property and right in properties. During the marriage neither of the spouses is entitled to dispose of the share which he or she would obtain from the matrimonial community property at its termination. Acts of management of the matrimonial community property and rights in properties may be performed by each of the spouses.

(2) The disposal of matrimonial community chattels and properties and rights therein are executed jointly by both spouses.

(3) The disposal of common real estate or right over such estate, executed by one of the spouses has legal effect for the other spouse only if he or she does not dispute it by action proceedings in a six months time limit from the time he or she gains information about this.

(4) The disposal of matrimonial community chattels by a transaction for valuable consideration performed by one of the spouses without the participation of the other spouse is not binding on the other spouse if the third party has known or under the circumstances has been liable to know that the consent of the other spouse is not present. Where the disposal of the chattel is gratuitous, the rules of the foregoing subArticle are applied.

(5) The spouse in whose name the bank deposit account is opened can dispose of it. Where the acts of disposition jeopardize the interests of the family or of the other spouse the latter may request the court to issue an order for such dispositions to be performed by mutual consent of both spouses.

(1) The expenses necessary to meet the family needs are borne by both spouses.

(2) For debts incurred by one or both spouses for the satisfaction of family needs both spouses are jointly responsible.

(1) The matrimonial community property is terminated by the death of one of the spouses, by divorce or the dissolution of the marriage.

(2) The matrimonial community property may also be terminated during the marriage by judicial proceedings where serious reasons require this.

(3) The execution directed against separate things which are matrimonial community property for a personal debt of one of the spouses terminates the matrimonial community property as regards these things.

(1) By the termination of the matrimonial community property by divorce the court may assign a larger share of the common property to the spouse to whom the care for the rearing and upbringing of the children, still not of full age are handed over, if this imposes on him or her serious hardship.

(2) The spouse to whom the care for the rearing and upbringing of the children not yet of full age are assigned receives together with his or her share the chattels designated for their rearing and upbringing.

(3) By the termination of the matrimonial community property by divorce or according to the rules under Article 26, Para2, the court may adjudge a larger share of the common property to one of the spouses where his or her contribution to its acquisition is considerably larger than that of the other spouse.

(1) The origin from the mother is determined by birth. The same applies also in cases where the genetic material belongs to another woman.

(2) The origin from the mother, established by the birth certificate may be disputed by an action brought by the child, by the woman registered as the mother in the birth certificate, by her husband, by the woman who claims to be the mother of the child, and by the man who maintains that the child was born by his wife.

(3) As parties to the lawsuit are also summoned the husband of the mother, the spouse of the other person who has disputed the origin and in all cases the child.

(1) The husband of the mother is deemed to be the father of the child which has been born during the marriage or before the elapsing of three hundred days from its dissolution.

(2) Where the child has been born before the elapsing of three hundred days from the dissolution of the marriage, but after the mother has contracted another marriage, the husband of the new marriage is deemed as the father of the child.

(3) In case of proclaimed absence of the husband the presumptions under Para l and 2 are not applicable if the child has been born after the elapsing of three hundred days from the date of the last information about the husband, and in case of an order of presumed death - from the date of the presumed death.

(1) The husband of the mother may dispute that he is the father of the child by proving that it cannot have been conceived by him. The action may be brought up to one year from the day of receiving knowledge about the birth.

(2) The mother can dispute that her husband is the father of the child by proving that it could not have been conceived by him. This action may be brought up to one year from the birth.

(3) In the case under Article 32, Para2, if the action of the second husband is successful the first husband is deemed as the father of the child and he is entitled to bring an action for disputing the fatherhood up to one year from the day of receiving knowledge of the court's decision, but not later than three years of its coming into force.

(4) Disputing fatherhood is not permitted where the mother with the consent of her husband, put in writing and filed with the manager of the respective establishment, has been artificially inseminated or has given birth to a child conceived with genetic material from another woman.

(1) The officer for civil status gives notice of the affiliation to the other parent in case he is known, and to the child if it is of full age. If these persons in three months time do not dispute the affiliation by means of a written declaration filed with the officer of the civil status, the affiliation is entered into the birth certificate.

(2) Where the affiliation is disputed the affiliating person may in three months time from receiving the notification bring an action for establishing of origin.

(3) Where at the time of affiliation the child has not yet reached full age it can dispute it in three years time from attaining majority or from the date of receiving information about it in case this information has been obtained at a later date. If the action is recovered the affiliation is deleted from the birth certificate with a corresponding note.

(1) The heirs are not entitled to maintain the actions set forth in this chapter but may continue the lawsuits which their ancestor has brought.

(2) Where the father or the mother are deceased, the action for establishing or disputing the origin is brought against their heirs.

(1) The kinship of a direct line is the relationship between two persons one of whom has his or her origin directly or indirectly from the other.

(2) The kinship of a collateral line is the relationship between two persons who have a common ancestor but do not originate from one another.

(1) There are as many degrees of kinship between two relatives of a direct line of descent as the number of generations.

(2) Between two relatives of a collateral line of descent there are as many degrees as are the generations computed from one of them up to the common ancestor and from the latter to the other relative.

(1) The relatives of one of the spouses are relatives by affinity to the other spouse, and also to his or her relatives.

(2) The line and degree by which a person is related to one of the spouses are also these by which he or she is a relative by affinity to the other spouse.

(3) The degree of relationship by affinity between the relatives of one of the spouses and the relatives of the other spouse are computed by adding the degrees of relationship between one of the spouses and his relatives and the other spouse and his or her relatives.

(4) The wives of two brothers or the husbands of two sisters are relatives by affinity of the second degree.

(5) The relationship by affinity has legal significance only in cases referred to in the law.

(1) Adoption between relatives of a direct line of descent and between brothers and sisters is prohibited.

(2) The grandfather and the grandmother or any one of them may adopt their grandchild only where the child has been born out of wedlock or where both or one of its parents are deceased. The court also takes into account the opinion of the other grandfather and grandmother of the adopted.

(3) Where petitions for adoption of a grandchild have been filed by the grandfather and the grandmother by the parental and by the maternal lines the court decides the case in view of the interests of the child.

(1) No one may be adopted by two persons simultaneously unless they are spouses.

(2) No one may be adopted for a second time until the previous adoption has been terminated. The prohibition does not apply to the spouse of the adopter.

(1) The consent of the following persons is necessary for an adoption:

(2) The consent of the persons is not required where they are incompetent or their place of residence is not known.

(3) Where the child has been left for rearing in a social institution and its parents have given their consent in advance for its adoption or are unknown, the consent for the adoption is given by the manager of the institution.

(1) Where the adopted is between ten and fourteen years of age his opinion is heard out by the court unless there is abundant evidence that the adopted knows the adopter as its parent.

(2) The full legal guardian, the trustee as well as the parents and the spouses under restricted interdiction or deprived of parental rights, give their opinion as to the adoption.

(1) The consent of the adopted has to be given personally before the court.

(2) The consent of the adopter, the parents of the adopted and of the spouses of the adopter and the adopted as well as the opinion of the parents and the spouses placed under restricted interdiction or deprived of parental rights and of the full legal guardian and the trustee may be given personally before the court or be submitted to the court in writing with their signatures attested by the Notary public or by a special representative. The court may summon and personally hear some of the persons whenever it finds this necessary.

(3) The manager of the social institution may submit his consent in writing without attesting his signature by the Notary public.

(1) As an exception the adoption may be allowed even where the parent does not agree with it, where he or she continuously does not take due care of the child, does not give support or rears and brings it up in a way detrimental to its development.

(2) Adoption without the consent of the parent is also allowed where he or she has left the child in a social institution for rearing and has not sought it one year after the date on which he or she had to take it back. In this case the consent is given by the manager of the institution.

(3) In the cases of the foregoing subArticles the parent is summoned to be heard by the court

(1) The application for adoption is dealt with by the regional court.

(2) The regional court collects information about the adopted and the adopter from the municipal councils of the place of residence and requests their opinion whether the adoption is in the interest of the adopted. The information is not collected where the child is taken from a social institution.

(1) The regional court announces its judgement in a closed door session, after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.

(2) The adoption is granted only if it is in the interest of the adopted.

(1) Where the adopted is a child of unknown parents or has been left in a social institution with a consent for adoption, or has been adopted under the provisions of Article 57, Para2, between the adopted and his descendants on one hand, and the adopter and his or her relatives on the other there arise the same rights and obligations as between relatives by origin, while the rights and obligations between the adopted and its descendants with their relatives by origin are terminated. The same effect of the unrestricted adoption arises also where the persons under Article 54, Para1, give their consent to it. In these cases the prohibitions for conclusion of marriage due to kinship, under Article 13, Para 2, points 1 and 2, remain in force.

(2) The regional court orders a new birth certificate to be drafted into which the adopter's name is entered as the parent. The birth certificate is drafted by the municipal council at the place of residence of the adopter.

(1) The adoption is terminated by the court:

(2) An action for avoidance of the adoption on the grounds of violations of the rules set under Article 54, Paral, points 1, 2 and 4, may be maintained within one year which runs for the adopter and the parents of the adopted from the time of receiving information about it, and for the adopted as from the date of becoming of full age.

(3) With the exception of the cases of the foregoing subArticle the termination of the adoption under the rules of Para 1, point 1, may be claimed by the adopter, the adopted and by the parents of the adopted, and under the provisions of Para 1, point 3, by the adopter and the adopted. Where the public interest is infringed the termination of the adoption may also be sought by the public prosecutor.

(4) The appearance of the public prosecutor at the hearings of the law-suits for termination of adoptions under the provisions under Para 1, points 1 and 3, is mandatory.

(1) The court may terminate an adoption performed under the rules of Article 61, at the request of the adopted, his/her parents, his/her full legal guardian, his/her trustee or by the public prosecutor where one or both of the adopters are deceased, and the interests of the adopted demand this.

(2) With an adoption performed under the rules of Article 62, where the sole or both adopters are deceased the adoption is considered terminated, but the adopted inherits the adopter..

(1) The parents are obliged to care for their children and to prepare them for socially useful activity.

(2) The step-father and the step-mother are obliged to assist the parent in the discharge of his or her duties.

(1) The children are obliged to respect their parents and to help them. The children have the same obligations towards their step-father or step-mother.

(2) The adult children are obliged to care for their elderly, disabled or sick parents.

(1) The grand-children are obliged to respect their grand-father and grand-mother and to help them.

(2) The grand-father and grand-mother are entitled to personal relations with their grand-children who are minor. Where there are obstacles in the way of maintaining personal relations, the regional court at the place of residence of the grand-children, at the request of the grand-father or the grand-mother, decrees measures for personal relations with them, except where this is not in the interest of the children.

(1) The children who are not yet of full age are obliged to live with their parents unless valid reasons necessitate that they live elsewhere. By departure from this obligation, at the request of the parents the court at the place of their residence, after hearing the child, where it has completed ten years of age, decrees an order for its return to its parents. The order is subject to appeal to the President of the County court, but the appeal does not stop its execution. The order is executed through administrative channels.

(2) Where the parents do not live together and are unable to reach an agreement as to with whom of them the children will live, the dispute is resolved by the regional court at the place of residence of the children, after the court has heard them where they have completed ten years of age. The decision of the court is subject to appeal according to the general rules.

(1) Each one of the parents is entitled to represent solely his or her infant children, and to give consent for the legal acts of his or her minor children only in their interest.

(2) The appropriation of real property and chattels, with the exception of fruits and perishables, the encumbering thereof with liabilities and in general the undertaking of acts of disposition, related to the property of minors, are allowed with the permission of the regional court at the place of residence only in case of necessity or where this is in their obvious interest.

(3) The donation, waiver of rights, lending and guaranteeing the debts of third persons by pledge, mortgage or endorsement, effected by children not yet of full age are null and void. This does not apply to the transactions executed by married minors to whom only the limitation of Article 12, Para 3 is relevant.

(1) Where the behaviour of the parent jeopardizes the personality, upbringing, health or property of the child, the regional court ex officio or at the request of the other parent, or by the public prosecutor, decrees appropriate measures in the interest of the child, and where necessary settles the latter in a suitable place.

(2) Similar measures are undertaken where the parent, due to long physical or mental illness or to prolonged absence or other objective reasons is unable to discharge his or her parental rights.

(1) The parent may be deprived of parental rights:

(2) The court proceedings for depriving of parental rights are initiated ex officio by the regional court, at the request of the other parent or the public prosecutor. The case is dealt with according to action proceedings with the participation of lay judges.

(3) In the law-suit it is mandatory to be heard the public prosecutor and the parent whose depriving of parental rights is sought, unless he or she fails to appear for no valid reason.

(1) With the change of circumstances the court may alter the measures decreed under Articles 74, 75 and 76.

(2) The parent may request the court to restore his or her parental rights where the grounds on which he or she has been deprived of parental rights have ceased to exist.

(1) The persons entitled to support may claim it in the following order:

(2) Where the persons of a preceding sequence are unable to furnish support it is furnished by the persons of the next sequence.

(3) Where several persons of the same sequence are liable to furnish support the obligations among them are apportioned according to their resources. Where the support is furnished only by one of them he or she is entitled to claim from the rest of them their share which they have been obliged to furnish with the accrued interest.

(1) The parents are obliged to furnish support to their children who are not of full age regardless of whether they are fit for labour or can support themselves from their own properties.

(2) The parents are obliged to furnish support to their children who have come of age, if the latter cannot support themselves from their income or use of their properties, when they study at secondary, undergraduate and higher education establishments, for the specified term of education, up to 20 years of age in the case of study at secondary school and up to 25 years of age in the case of study at undergraduate or higher education establishment.

(3) The support under the preceding subArticle is due provided it does not particular inconvenience for the parents.

(1) Only the spouse who has not been guilty for the divorce has a right to alimony.

(2) Alimony is due up to three years maximum from the date of the dissolution of the marriage, unless the parties have agreed upon a longer term. The court may extend these terms where the former spouse, recipient of the alimony is in financial troubles exceptionally unconditioned and the other spouse is able to furnish it without particular inconvenience.

(3) The right to alimony of the former spouse discontinues when he or she contracts another marriage.

(1) The amount of support which the parents are obliged to furnish their children with who are not yet of full age is determined according to the needs of the children and the means of the parent, within the limits set by the Council of Ministers.

(2) The court may determine the support below the fixed minimal rates, where:

(3) The court may adjudge the support above the fixed maximal rate where exceptional needs of the child have to be satisfied and the parent can afford it without particular inconvenience.

(1) A person who has committed a grave offence against a person who is liable to furnish him with support, against his spouse, descendant or ancestor is not entitled to claim support.

(2) The foregoing provision is not applied to the support of children who have not completed sixteen years of age.

(3) A person deprived of parental rights is not exempted from the obligation to support his or her children. The person deprived of parental rights through his or her misbehaviour is not entitled to claim support from his or her children.

(1) Where the presumptive death of one of the spouses is announced by the court, the marriage is terminated by the coming into force of the court's decision.

(2) If it is proved that the person declared dead is alive the terminated marriage is not reinstated.

(1) The marriage is annulled where:

(2) No one is entitled to refer to the annulment of the marriage until it is decreed by the court.

(1) An action for annulment of the marriage may be brought:

(2) The action under Article 13, Paral, point 2, may be maintained not later than six months from the recuperation and the revocation of the interdiction.

(3) Where the rules under Article 13, Para 1, point 3, are violated the marriage may not be annulled if the ailing spouse has recuperated.

(4) The public prosecutor is entitled to seek the establishment of the presence of the grounds for annulment of the marriage, concluded in violation of the rules under Article 13, Para1, point 1, even after the death of one of the spouses.

(5) In a case of bigamy the marriage may not be annulled where the previously concluded marriage has been terminated.

(1) The rules regarding the consequences of the dissolution of marriage through divorce in connection with the personal property and property relations between the spouses, and also about the relations between them and the children are also applicable to the annulment of marriage. The bad faith by annulment of marriage has the same meaning as the guilt by divorce.

(2) The children who have been conceived or born during the annulled marriage are deemed as born in wedlock and for them the presumption for fatherhood, under Article 32 is also applicable.

(1) Each of the spouses is entitled to seek a divorce where the marriage has deeply and irrevocably been broken down.

(2) Together with the decision allowing the divorce the court pronounces ex officio as to the guilt for the breakdown of the marriage unless it is caused by objective reasons which cannot be ascribed as guilt to any one of the spouses.

(3) The court does not pronounce itself as to the guilt for the breakdown of the marriage where the spouses request this and submit to the court their agreement regarding the discharge of parental rights, the personal relations and the support of the children, and also about their property relations, the use of the matrimonial home, the alimony between them and the family name.

(4) A divorce is not allowed where the breakdown of the marriage is caused by the misbehaviour of the plaintiff only, and the other spouse insists on the preservation of the marriage, unless important considerations call for the divorce action to be recovered.

(1) Where between the spouses there is a serious and firm mutual consent for divorce, the court allows it without investigating their motives for the termination of the marriage.

(2) The petition for a divorce by mutual consent cannot be presented before three years have elapsed from the contraction of the marriage.

(1) In a divorce by mutual consent the spouses have to set forth their settlement as to the discharge of parental rights, the personal relations, and the support of the children, and also their property relations, the use of the matrimonial home, the alimony between them, and the family name. The settlement is ratified by the court after it is satisfied that the interests of the children have been protected.

(2) Where the settlement is not complete or the interests of the children are not well protected the court sets a term during which these defects should be eliminated. Where in the set term the defects have not been eliminated the divorce petition is dismissed.

(3) Actions for the discharge of parental rights and the support of the children after the termination of the marriage by mutual consent are admissible where a change in the circumstances has occurred.

(1) The right to seek a divorce does not devolve upon the heirs. However, they can continue the lawsuit in order to establish the soundness of the action, where it has been founded on the guilty behaviour of the surviving spouse.

(2) The court dismisses the action where the surviving spouse is not guilty for the breakdown of the marriage.

(1) The court may decree after the divorce, that one spouse may retain the name of the other spouse if the latter agrees to that.

(2) Where one of the spouses has become noted with the name of the other spouse the court may decree that he or she may continue to bear the same name.

(3) With an intervening change of circumstances the former spouse is entitled to request the other spouse to discontinue the use of his name.

(1) After the divorce the donations of properties of considerable value made in connection with or during the marriage by one of the spouses to the other, or by his or her relatives may be revoked unless the revocation contradicts morality.

(2) The action under the preceding Article may be maintained up to one year from the divorce.

(1) With the pronouncement of the divorce the court decrees ex officio to whom of the spouses the exercising of the parental rights shall be granted, orders measures in connection with the discharge of these rights and as to the personal relations between the children and the parents as well as the support of the children.

(2) The court hands over the discharge of the parental rights after scrutinizing all circumstances with a view to the children's interests. Those rights can not be granted to the spouse who was found guilty for the divorce, where this may have negative effect for the rearing and upbringing of the children.

(3) The court hears out the parents and the children where they have completed fourteen years of age. Where the court finds it appropriate it can hear out the children who have completed ten years of age, and also close relatives and friends of the family.

(4) Where the interests of children require it, as an exception, the court may decree that they live with their grand-father, grand-mother or somebody else, with the consent of the latter, or at a social institution.

(5) When a change in the circumstances occurs the court may, at the petition of one of the parents or ex officio, change the previously decreed measures and decree new ones.

(1) With the decision for divorce the court assigns the use of the matrimonial home to one of the spouses where it cannot be used separately by both of them, taking into account the interests of the children, the guilt, the health conditions and other circumstances.

(2) Where there are no minors from the marriage and the matrimonial home is the property of the guilty spouse, the court may assign the use of it to the spouse who is not guilty only for a fixed period of time.

(3) Where there are children from the marriage who are not of full age, and the matrimonial home belongs to one of the spouses, the court may assign the use of it to the other spouse, to whom the discharging of parental rights has been granted, until he or she continues to do so.

(4) Where there are minors from the marriage and the matrimonial home belongs to close relatives of one of the spouses, the court may assign the use of it to the other spouse to whom the discharging of the parental rights has been granted for a limited period of time.

(5) The use of the matrimonial home under Para 2-4 may also be terminated before the expiry of the term, where the beneficiary enters into a new marriage.

(6) Where there are minors from the marriage the court pronounces ex officio as to the use of the matrimonial home.

(1) Full legal guardianship is instituted over infants (children who have not completed fourteen years of age) whose parents are unknown, deceased or deprived of parental rights. Full legal guardianship is also instituted over persons who are under full interdiction.

(2) Trusteeship is instituted over minors (children between fourteen and eighteen years of age) whose parents are unknown, are deceased or are deprived of parental rights, and also over persons who are under restricted interdiction.

(3) Officials, public organizations and citizens who come to knowledge that the instituting of a full legal guardianship or trusteeship over a person is necessary are obliged to immediately inform the municipal council at the place of residence or domicile of the person.

(1) The full legal guardianship and the trusteeship organs at the place of residence of the person, appoint a full legal guardian, a deputy full legal guardian and two advisers among the relatives and close friends of the infant or of the person who is placed under full interdiction, who will take care of its interests in the best way. They form the full legal guardianship council.

(2) Where possible persons with a pedagogical education are also included in the full legal guardianship council.

(1) The full legal guardianship and the trusteeship organ may at any time make changes in the full legal guardianship and the trusteeship councils where the interests of the infant, the minor or of the interdicted person require it, where the obligations of the full legal guardianship or the trusteeship are not discharged or where their performance is extremely cumbersome due to old age, sickness, official engagements, etc.

(2) Before announcing the changes under the preceding subArticle the full legal guardianship and the trusteeship organ also hears out the opinion of the close relatives and friends of the person under full legal guardianship or trusteeship.

(1) Till the appointment of a full legal guardian or a trustee, the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ personally, or by a person appointed by him, makes inventory of the property and takes other safeguarding measures for the personality and interests of the person who is to be placed under full legal guardianship or trusteeship. Where necessary he may assign a certain person to perform temporarily the functions of a full legal guardian or trustee.

(2) Where necessary the full legal guardianship and the trusteeship organ may place the infant or the minor in a public institution.

(1) The activities of the full legal guardian are honorary.

(2) The full legal guardian is obliged to care for the one placed under full legal guardianship, to administer its property and to represent it before third parties. The full legal guardian is obliged to take care of the rearing, upbringing and education of the infant.

(3) The full legal guardian is obliged within a month's time to inform the full legal guardianship and the trusteeship organ about the acquisition of properties of a considerable value after the institution of the guardianship or trusteeship, which have to be entered into the inventory.

(1) By disposal of properties belonging to a person who is under full legal guardianship the rules under Article 73, Para2 and 3 are applicable. The permission of the regional court is also required for drawing of sums of money from the person's bank deposits.

(2) To the application for permission the full legal guardian is obliged to attach the opinion of the full legal guardianship council.

(1) The person under full legal guardianship lives with his full legal guardian unless important reasons impose him to live elsewhere.

(2) Where the place of domicile is changed without the consent of the full legal guardian the latter may request the regional court to issue an order for the return of the person under full legal guardianship to the designated place of abode. The order is subject to appeal before the President of the district court, but the appeal does not stop its execution. The order is executed through administrative channels.

(1) The activities of the trustee are honorary.

(2) The trustee is obliged to care for the personality and to protect the interests of the person under trusteeship. He gives approval to the legal transactions of the latter. The trustee is obliged to care for the rearing, upbringing and the education of the minor.

(3) The rules under Article 117, Para 3, Article 118, Para 1, and Article 120 are also applicable to the trusteeship. For the drawing of sums of money from the bank deposits the permission of the district court is required.

(1) The deputy legal guardian substitutes for the full legal guardian where he is prevented to discharge his duties or where there is a conflict between his interests and those of the person under full legal guardianship. In such cases the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ may appoint a special representative.

(2) This clause is also applied to the deputy-trustee respectively.

(1) By the end of February each year the full legal guardian submits to the full legal guardianship council a report about his activities, after which the report is presented to the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ. A report is also presented where the full legal guardian is relieved of his duties and also whenever the full legal guardianship or trusteeship organ requests this.

(2) At the request of the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ the trustee in the presence of the deputy-trustee gives explanations about his activities.

(3) The full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ states his opinion about the report of the full legal guardian and the explanations of the trustee, and if he finds irregularities demands for their elimination.

(4) At the request of the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ the regional court issues a bill of execution against the full legal guardian for the sums of money which he has not accounted for.

(5) Where the full legal guardian or the trustee for no valid reason fail to appear or do not submit the report or the explanation respectively, the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ draw up a statement against him on the basis of which the President of the executive committee of the district council imposes a fine of up to two hundred Leva. The full legal guardianship or trusteeship organ may request the report, the explanation respectively, to be submitted by the deputy full legal guardian or the deputy trustee.

(6) The establishing of the violations, the issuing, the appeal from and the execution of the penal ruling are dealt with according to the rules of the Administrative Violations and Punishments Act.

(1) With the completion of fourteen years of age the infant is released from the full legal guardianship pursuant to the law, and the full legal guardianship and trusteeship organ appoints a trustee and a deputy-trustee. By the time of their appointment the activity is carried out by the full legal guardian.

(2) With the transition from an unrestricted to a restricted interdiction, until a trustee is appointed the duties of the trustee are discharged by the full legal guardian.

(1) The manager of the public institution where an infant with unknown parents is placed, is his/her full legal guardian.

(2) The manager of the public institution where a minor with unknown parents is placed, is his/her trustee.

(3) The full legal guardian of a person under full interdiction or the trustee of a person under restricted interdiction is his or her capable spouse. Where there is no such person, the parental rights and obligations are discharged by his or her parents, unless they are unknown, deceased, deprived of such rights or unable to exercise them.

(4) In the cases under the preceding subArticles a full legal guardianship council and a deputy-trustee are not appointed, and no full legal guardianship files are kept.

(1) A marriage between citizens may be contracted abroad by the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representatives provided the local law allows this. The marriage may also be entered into by the local authorities observing the form prescribed by the local law.

(2) A marriage between a Bulgarian citizen and a foreign national may be contracted by the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representatives according to the rules of this Code, where the law of the country of the foreign national allows this. The marriage may be contracted by the local authorities observing the form prescribed by the local law.

(3) A marriage concluded abroad between foreign nationals is acknowledged in the Republic of Bulgaria provided the form for its contraction prescribed by the law of the place of its contraction has been observed.

(1) For a Bulgarian citizen who contracts a marriage abroad the rules under Articles 12 and 13 are mandatory. The permission under Article 12, Para 2 may be given by the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representative.

(2) For the foreign national who concludes a marriage before the officer of the civil status in the Republic of Bulgaria, or before a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representative or before the captain of a Bulgarian ship on high seas the conditions for contraction of the marriage are determined by the rules of the law of his country, while the rules under Article 13 of this Code are mandatory.

(3) For foreign nationals who are entering into a marriage before the officer of civil status in the Republic of Bulgaria or before the captain of a Bulgarian ship on high seas, the conditions for its contraction are determined by the law of their country. In these cases the rules under Article 13, Para1 are mandatory. Apart from this, contraction of a marriage between relatives of a direct line of descent and between brothers and sisters is prohibited.

(1) The personal and property relations between the spouses one of whom is a Bulgarian citizen are governed by the rules under this Code, if they are being effected on Bulgarian territory.

(2) The personal and property relations between the spouses who are foreigners and have the same citizenship when effected on Bulgarian territory are governed by the law of their country. Where the spouses are of different citizenship these relations are governed according to the coinciding rules of the respective laws of their countries, and in the absence of such rules by the rules under this Code.

(3) Dispositions of real property on Bulgarian territory are governed by the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria.

(1) The adoption between persons one of whom is a Bulgarian citizen is admitted according to the rules of this Code. Where the adopted person is a Bulgarian citizen the consent of the respective state authorities is required, and the adoption is performed by a Bulgarian court.

(2) Adoption of persons of the same citizenship is allowed according to the rules of the law of their country. Where they are of different citizenship the adoption is allowed under the rules of the laws of their countries. In this case the rules under Article 52 are applied.

(3) The effects of the adoption are governed by the law of the country of the adopter.

(4) The termination of the adoption is governed by the law of the country of the adopted.

(1) The institution, operation and termination of the full legal guardianship and trusteeship are governed by the law of the country of the person under full legal guardianship or trusteeship.

(2) The obligation to accept and to discharge the duties of a full legal guardian, trustee or member of the full legal guardianship council is governed by the law of their country.

§ 26. The subArticle 3 of Article 5 is amended as follows: