法国大革命时期关于非婚生子女生父搜索的争论

生父搜索指非婚生子女或其生母为了获得抚养费或提出财产要求而公开指认其生父的诉请权。18世纪法国的法理、习俗与法律鼓励生父搜索。法国大革命时期对此进行了激烈的争论，最终导致生父搜索的取消。为了强化这一点，保护合法的父家长制的家庭及其财产的安全，1804年《法国民法典》完全禁止生父搜索。

Controversy over Paternity Searches of out-of-Wedlock Children during the French Revolution

Paternity searches refer to the rights of an out of wedlock child or his/her mother to provide the putative father's name in order to obtain some support or to institute a property claim. The eighteenth century jurisprudence, customs and laws even encouraged paternity searches. In the course of the French Revolution, intense legislation debates on these issues eventually resulted in the abolition of paternity searches. The Civil Code in 1804 forbade these activities in order to safeguard legal patriarchal families and their property.