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 In the event that the husband or former husband institutes an action for repudiation of a child and dies before the action becomes final, a person who has the right to succeed to his inheritance together with the child or a person who is to lose the right to succeed to the inheritance as a result of the birth of the child may request permission to replace or may be summoned to replace him as a substitute party.

As regards an action for repudiation of a child, a person who has the right to succeed to an inheritance together with the child or a person who is to lose the right to succeed to an inheritance as a result of the birth of the child may institute it in the following events:

the husband or former husband died prior to the passage of the time period during which he might institute the action;

the child was born after the death of the husband or former husband.

In the event under (1), the action for repudiation of the child must be instituted within six months from the day of the death of the husband or former husband. In the event under (3), the action for repudiation of the child must be instituted within six months from the day of the birth of the child.

A child may request a public prosecutor to take on an action for repudiation of the status of being a legitimate child under section 1536 of