The legal jurisprudential status of illegitimate childre

Protecting the rights of children, who are the future builders of societies, is of great importance today, and in the meantime, determining the rights of children arising from illegitimate relationships is a controversial issue. In the present article, which has been compiled by the method of legal analysis, the sources of Imami jurisprudence, subject law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child have been examined. Most Imami jurists believe that an illegitimate child should not be involved in adultery and adultery, and have not identified any other relationship between the child and his customary parents other than the sanctity of marriage, and Iranian civil law has followed this issue. In jurisprudence, illegitimate children are deprived of a series of rights over legal children, such as inheritance, judgment, martyrdom, congregational leadership, and the authority of imitation, which are in terms of special conditions and competencies that illegitimate children do not have; In any case, the alimony of an illegitimate child is the responsibility of his parents, because the holy law of Islam, which is the religion of kindness and kindness, does not allow any innocent child to be left unprotected in society. The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes children as having full rights and does not distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children; Iran's accession to this convention is conditional, so in matters that are against the law, the provisions of the convention are not acceptable. In order to protect illegitimate children and determine the legal status of these children, the General Assembly of the Supreme Court, Procedure No. ۶۱۷, No. ۳۱۷, dated ۳/۴, ۱۹۹۷ It is the responsibility of the customary father, which is an important step in protecting the rights of illegitimate children.