Legal protection of children
We provide legal support in securing the legal status of children born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, including in LGBT families.
Polish law does not regulate the legal status of children born via surrogacy. We help to regulate the legal status of children born in Poland and abroad.
We also provide legal assistance in cases related to foreign adoption of children by same-sex couples, given joint adoption is still not available for such couples in Poland. We have several years of experience in conducting court proceedings concerning the transcription of foreign birth certificates, confirmation of Polish citizenship and issuance of a Polish passport and ID for children.
Our experience:
- transcription of foreign birth certificates which included two mothers as parents [more about a case ending with indication in the Polish birth certificate as parents of two mother in EN];
- confirmation of Polish citizenship of children born through surrogacy [more about a case ending with confirmation of Polish citizenship of 4 girls born in the USA].
What else we can do for you?
We provide comprehensive tax support to same-sex couples who, despite the lack of general solutions in the form of civil unions or marital equality, want to secure their finances (joint investments, financial protection for children, security clauses in the event of relationship’s dissolution of partner’s death).
We provide legal support in securing the legal status of children born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, including in LGBT families.
We support victims of discrimination, in particular on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, e.g. in employment, access to services, healthcare or education, as well as victims of crimes motivated by prejudice, including hate speech.