Kwartalnik Krajowej Szkoły Sądownictwa i Prokuratury * 2020* tom 38* zeszyt 2* s. 95-112* ISSN 2083-7186

Family court’s decisions on a child’s passport (Article 97 § 2 of the Polish Family and Guardianship Code)

Rozstrzyganie przez sąd opiekuńczy w sprawach dotyczących paszportu małoletniego (art. 97 § 2 k.r.o.)

Profesor Jacek Wierciński, University of Warsaw, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-5762

Data publikacji: 2020-06-30

URL: https://www.kssip.gov.pl/pobierz_plik/2020-2_38_-_family.pdf

SUMMARY:

The courts are making decisions concerning a child’s passport in many different kinds of cases. Most often there are cases in which the court is asked to consent for issuing the passport in the event of lack of consent of another parent or to order that the already existing passport be handed over by one parent to another one. In Polish literature, the majority view is that one of the parent’s fears of wrongful international abduction or retention of his or her child shall not prevent the court to consent for issuing the passport at the request of another parent. This article argues that this matter should be decided according to a child’s best interest. It may be not in accordance with a child interest to consent for issuing the passport or to order that it must be handed over to another parent when it could expose the child to the risk of facing a dangerous situation or wrongful international parental abduction or retention. 

Key words: Child’s passport, Child’s abduction, Hague Convention Parental authority/responsibility, Poland

Bibliographic Citation:

WIERCIŃSKI, J. Family court’s decisions on a child’s passport (Article 97 § 2 of the Polish Family and Guardianship Code), Kwartalnik Krajowej Szkoły Sądownictwa i Prokuratury. 2020, t. 38, z. 2, s. 95-112. ISSN 2083-7186.