Article 176 — — Time (1) Principle.

1) An action to disown shall be instituted by the man to whom the paternity of the child is attributed by law within 180 days following the day he knew or he should have known the birth of the child. 2) Where the maternal filiation is established by an action to claim a status, the action to disown shall be instituted within 180 clays from the judgement deciding on the action to claim a status having become final.