Analysis of the Recognition and Validation of Children Born Out of Wedlock and the Legal Consequences According to Civil Law and Rights Provisions

Abstract

In this case, the law fully plays a role in enforcing proper matters, and the concept of
legal marriage is an absolute necessity within the concept of marriage. While the status
of a child can be considered capable and present as a balancing force, in terms of legal
considerations, the existence of an illegitimate child is completely incapable of being
recognized. The type of research taken is based on the focus of all results from
newspapers, magazines, and articles, not only in writing, analyzing, and processing data
from several data sources. This type of qualitative research has an understanding of the
meaning and concept of the atmosphere of the research phenomenon developing in
society. Qualitative research aims to pay attention to the meaning and concept of a
phenomenon. In general, if the status of an illegitimate child is legally recognized, it is if
the orphanage or social services as one of the institutions that really protects abandoned
children. Because the purpose of applying the actual legal function and in the concept of
legitimate and illegitimate children must be distinguished from inheritance, criminal
rights, and civil rights.