Paternity testing at the Department of Forensic Medicine of Wroclaw Medical University (Poland)

In Poland, according to Article 619 of the Family and Guardianship Code, ‘the mother of a child is the woman who gave birth to it’ [1]. Proof of motherhood consists of the child’s birth certificate, presented in the course of the mother’s testimony. According to the law applicable to a child born within matrimony, ‘the father of a child born in marriage or befo re the expiry of 300 days from its termination or cancellation is the mother’s husband. This presumption can be overturned by a court denial of paternity.’ The father of an illegitimate child is a man who acknowledges it or whose paternity has been established through judicial proceedings.

Source: Legal Medicine - February 24, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Anna Karpiewska, El żbieta Kowalczyk, Tadeusz Dobosz Source Type: research