Subtopic 2 — Fosterage
Article 229:
Payment of remuneration for giving milk to child (by someone other than the mother) shall be
undertaken by the person who is responsible for child’s alimony. The remuneration shall be paid in
exchange for feeding the child.
Article 230:
Mother is not entitled to remuneration for giving milk to child as long as she is married to husband or
is in waiting period of reversible divorce.
Article 231:
If mother gives milk to child during or after the waiting period of irreversible divorce, she shall be
entitled to remuneration.
Article 232:
Mother is not entitled to remuneration for giving milk to child for more than two years.
Article 233:
If another woman other than the mother accepts to give milk to child for free or for an amount less
than what the mother demands, the mother shall not be entitled to remuneration for giving milk.
Article 234:
Remuneration fixed for giving milk shall not extinguish with the death of father. It shall be paid, like
other debts, from the bequest.
Article 235:
Woman who gives milk to a child of less than two years age shall be considered as the child’s fosterage
mother and person due to whose sexual intercourse milk is produced shall be considered as the child’s
fosterage father, and provisions of Article (84) of this Law shall apply to them.