Contesting parental affiliation by the person who has been registered as the child’s father.
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Yes, but under certain conditions.
- The right to challenge:
- A person registered as the child's father may file a lawsuit to exclude the record of him/her as the father from the child's birth record.
- Conditions for challenging:
- Dispute is possible only after the birth of the child and before the child reaches the age of majority.
- It is not possible to challenge if the child is deceased.
- The court examines the claim and may exclude information about a person as a parent if it is proved that there is no blood relationship between the child and the recorded parent.
- Restrictions:
- Disputing paternity is not possible if the person:
- At the time of registration of paternity knew that he/she was not the biological father of the child.
- She consented to the use of assisted reproductive technologies.
- Statute of limitations:
- The statute of limitations does not apply to a man's claim to exclude his name as a father from a child's birth record.
