Limits of Parental Interference in a Child’s Personal Rights – Selected Issues

The article discusses the issues of the limits of parental interference in children’s personal rights. The conducted research covers the subject broadly. It starts with the general issues of legal capacity as the basis for the protection of subjective rights and then proceeds to demonstrating the lack of limitations in the protection of a child’s personal rights. A child growing up in a family remains under parental authority, which gives rise to certain obligations and rights of parents towards the child. Parents look after, educate and guide the child, carrying out their duties in the best interests of the child and guided by their good. It happens, however, that by caring for children, parents violate their personal rights. Therefore, the determinants of exercising parental authority were examined. Particular attention was paid to the scope of rights resulting from parental authority, the assessment of the manner of exercising it, the right of the child to express his or her own position and the principle of the best interests of the child. These determinants made it possible to indicate the limit of parental interference in the child’s personal rights. The practical side of the implementation of the right to the protection of a child’s personal rights was also indicated, as well as a proposal to amend the content of the family and guardianship code.