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by the law of the country to which he last belonged.
18.
The requisites of the acknowledgment of a natural child are governed as to the father or the mother by the law of the country to which he or she belongs at the time of acknowledgment, as to the child by the law of the country to which the child belongs at the time of acknowledgment.
The effect of an acknowledgment is determined by the law of the nationality of the father or the mother.
19.
The requisites of adoption are governed as to each person concerned by the law of his nationality.
The effect of adoption and the dissolution of it are governed by the law of the nationality of the adopter.
20.
The legal relations between parent and child are governed by the law of the nationality of the father, or if there is no father, by that of the nationality of the mother.
21.
The duty of support is governed by the law of the nationality of the person bound to furnish support.
22.
Except in the cases specified in the preceding nine articles, family relations and rights and duties arising