Published: 2026-09-25

Collateral intervention by the child’s father in a paternity denial case

Magdalena Rzewuska Profil ORCID autora Magdalena Rzewuska
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
DOI https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2026.26.3.3

Abstract

This paper addresses the socially significant issue of the admissibility of a child’s father filing a collateral (secondary) intervention in a paternity denial case. This topic has raised doubts in the Polish legal doctrine for many years. While national jurisprudence has rejected the possibility of a child’s father filing a collateral intervention in a paternity denial case, the latest position of the European Courtof Human Rights seems to challenge this view. I am in favor of the admissibility of the child’s father fling a collateral intervention in a paternity denial case, for which this paper presents arguments, referring to publications on the matter and Polish case law.

Keywords:

collateral intervention, the child’s father, denial of paternity, the European Court of Human Rights

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Rzewuska, M. (2026). Collateral intervention by the child’s father in a paternity denial case. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 26(3), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2026.26.3.3

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