The fact that legal and social parenthood does not necessarily coincide with genetic parenthood has been nothing new since the invention of infidelity. In recent years, however, reproductive medicine and modern lifestyles in particular have increasingly called into question the regularity of the correspondence between genetics and law; the intentional, i.e. conscious decision to become parents is on the rise. German parentage law has long been awaiting fundamental reform. The lecture by Prof. Dr. Katharina Lugani (Heinrich Heine University) critically examines the current status of the reform and addresses the most important problem areas.
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