Law No. 91/92 attaches particular importance to the acquisition of citizenship when minors as a result of:
a) acknowledgment of paternity / maternity or judicial ruling on paternity / maternity;
b) adoption;
c) parent’s naturalization.
a) Citizenship through acknowledgment of paternity / maternity or judicial ruling on paternity / maternity
A minor who is acknowledged by an Italian citizen to be of Italian parentage or is declared to be of Italian parentage through a judicial ruling on paternity / maternity is an Italian citizen (Article 2, paragraph 1, of Law No. 91/92).