Autores: Tamara Čipková (Eslovaquia). Assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava, The Slovak Republic. Correo electrónico: tamara.cipkova@flaw.uniba.sk. Igor Trávniček (Eslovaquia). PhD. Master’s degree student at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava, The Slovak Republic. Correo electrónico: travnicek5@uniba.sk
Resumen: “Una madre siempre quiere más a un hijo que un padre. Ella sabe que es suyo. El padre sólo lo asume”. La cita del antiguo dramaturgo griego Menandros debe considerarse con una mente abierta, sin correlaciones negativas de género. Sin embargo, sigue reflejando acertadamente la situación legal actual de la determinación de la paternidad en la República Eslovaca, basada en tres presunciones refutables. La posibilidad de refutarlas es lo que crea un espacio para diversas situaciones vitales que pueden surgir fuera del marco de la actual y relativamente breve regulación legal de la negación de la paternidad en la República Eslovaca. ¿Es la legislación eslovaca suficiente para las necesidades del tercer milenio? La dinámica de la época actual, la inestabilidad de las relaciones de pareja, las posibilidades de la inseminación artificial y las cuestiones relacionadas con la negación de la paternidad son la base de la investigación realizada.
Palabras clave: Determinación de paternidad; impugnación de paternidad; derecho eslovaco; límites de la legislación; la práctica de adjudicación judicial; derechos fundamentales; interés superior del niño.
Abstract: “A mother always loves a child more than a father. She knows it’s hers. Father is only assuming”. The quote of the ancient Greek dramatist Menandros must be viewed with an open mind, without negative gender correlations. However, it still aptly reflects on the current legal status of paternity determination in the Slovak Republic based on three rebuttable presumptions. It is the possibility of refuting them that creates space for various life situations that may arise outside the framework of the current, relatively brief legal regulation of the denial of paternity in the Slovak Republic. Is Slovak legislation sufficient for the needs of the third millennium? The dynamics of the present time, the instability of partner relationships, the possibilities of artificial insemination and related issues of denial of paternity are the basis of the conducted research.
Key words: Determination of paternity; denial of paternity; the law of the Slovak Republic; limits of legislation; judicial decision-making; human rights; the best interest of the child.
Sumario:
I. INTRODUCTION.
II. DETERMINATION AND DENIAL OF PATERNITY IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC.
1. Determination of paternity.
2. Denial of paternity.
A) Denial of paternity by the mother’s husband.
B) Denial of paternity established by a declaration of consent of the parents.
C) Denial of paternity at the request of the child.
III. DENIAL OF PATERNITY – ISSUES AND JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING.
1. Denial of Paternity Established on the Basis of the First Presumption of Paternity, Issues and Judicial DecisionMaking.
A) The statutory period for the denial of paternity.
B) Denial of paternity of a man who has given his consent to assisted reproduction.
2. Denial of Paternity Established on the Basis of the Second Presumption of Paternity, Issues and Judicial Decision-Making.
3. Denial of Paternity Established on the Basis of the Third Presumption of Paternity, Issues and Judicial Decision-Making.
IV. CONCLUSION.
Referencia: Actualidad Jurídica Iberoamericana Nº 17, agosto 2022, ISSN: 2386-4567, pp. 1448-1477
