Osobista styczność z dzieckiem w przypadku spraw o przysposobienie międzynarodowe jako narzędzie chroniące dobro dziecka

Abstract

The Family and Guardianship Code Act of 25 February 1964, in Art 120 § 1, defines the privileges of the Court before which a case of adoption is pending. It has the power to set the conditions of personal contact between the adoptee and the adoptive parents. Under this ruling international adoption can be permitted aft er a pre-adoption period in which the Court determines the manner and term of such personal contact. Th e mandatory period of personal contact in cases of adoption involving the transfer of a child from Poland to a destination abroad is not questioned. However, the duration of the pre-adoption period is not determined. In this publication the author presents refl ections on whether the pre-adoption period in the case of international adoption should include a statutorily defined minimum period of personal contact to protect the child’s welfare and also whether there should be a preference for a particular model of the manner in which this contact is conducted.