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  2. An officially recognized bond, often between a parent and a child, that establishes certain rights and responsibilities. The legal process of affirming or determining somebody's status as a parent or child.

  3. The state or condition of a father; the relationship of a father. English and U.S. Common Law have recognized the importance of establishing the paternity of children. In the United States, a child born outside a legal marriage relationship will lose Child Support and inheritance rights if the fatherhood of the child is not legally established.

  4. 1. a. : filial relationship especially of a son to his father. b. : the adjudication of paternity. 2. a. : descent or derivation especially from a culture or language. b. : the act or process of determining such relationship. Examples of filiation in a Sentence.

  5. Filiation. [Late Latin filiatio relationship of a son and father, from Latin filius son] 1: a legal relationship of a parent and esp. a father and child that creates rights and obligations [used to help prove in a paternity suit " LeBlanc v.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FiliationFiliation - Wikipedia

    Filiation is the relationship which exists between a child and the childs parents, whether the parents are of the same or the opposite sex. The relationship can be established by blood, by law in certain cases, or by a judgment of adoption.

  7. noun. line of descent; lineage; derivation. the fact of being the child of certain parents. law the act or process of filiating. law a less common word for affiliation order. the set of rules governing the attachment of children to their parents and its social consequences.

  8. The descent of son or daughter, with regard to his or her father,mother, and their ancestors. Find the legal definition of FILIATION from Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition.

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