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Whateverpositionistakenwithregardtotheaboveproceduralissue,from
thesubstantivepointofviewitshouldbekeptinmindthat,asitwillbeobserved
below,thesheerfactofhavingchildrenand,especially,beingmarriedmaybe
seenasanegativeconditionforthechange-of-sexjudgment.
5.4.2.Thesecondcharacteristicfeatureofthecurrentconceptusedby
thePolishjudiciarytoprotecttherightsoftranspersonsconcernsthewayof
introducingtheinformationonthereassignedsexintotheCivilStatusRegister.It
mustbeunderlinedthatthejudgmentrecognizingthereal(psychological)sexof
theplaintifdoesnotleadtothecorrectionofthebirthact.Itonlyjustifiesmaking
anappropriatesupplementaryannotationwhichisputonthemarginofthecivil
statusactandwhichreflectsthechangeofthecivilstatusefectiveforthefuture.
Aftertheannotationismade,itisthe4updated’civilstatusofanindividualthat
willberevealedinallnewexcerptsissuedfromtheRegister.Thus,incaseof
transsexuals,anannotationconcerningtheirchangeofsex,onceintroducedinto
theoriginalbirthact,willmakeitpossibletoissuebirthcertificatesshowingthe
reassignedsex.Theshort(simplified)versionofthecertificatewillshowonlythe
currentdata,whereasthefullversionwillshowbothoriginalandnewdata(side
byside).
5.5.Theconditionsforthejudicialchangeofsex
Intheabsenceofclearstatutoryprovisions,theconditionsforthejudicial
changeofsexmustbeinferredfromthecaselawoftheSC(andcourtsoflower
instances).28Theseconditionsmaybedividedintoformalandsubstantiveones.
5.5.1.Theformalconditionsarelinkedwiththeproceduralrequirements.
Theinterestedperson,furthertoArt.189oftheC.C.P.,shouldfileawritfor
recognitionoftheirreal(psychological)sex.Itiscrucialthattheplaintifshould
correctlyindicatethedefendantparty.Thisroleisreservedforthechildrenand
spouseoftheplaintif(ifapplicable)orfortheplaintif’sparents(cf.remarks
in5.4.1above).
Iftheinterestedpersonstartsawrongtypeofproceedings(e.g.thecorrection
ofthebirthactisdemandedaccordingtotheLawonCivilStatusActs)orif
28Thiscaselawisbroadlyanalyzedinliterature,seee.g.E.Holewińska-Łapińska,
“Sądowazmianapłci.Analizaorzecznictwazlat1991-2008”[Thejudicialsexchange.Theanalysis
ofthecaselawfortheyears1991-2008],[in:]StudiaianalizySąduNajwyższego[Studiesandanalyses
oftheSC],Vol.4,ed.K.Ślebzak,Warszawa2010;seealsoR.Grzejszczak,“Transpłciowość
wświetlebadań”[Transsexualizminthelightofresearch],[in:]Sytuacjaprawnaosóbtranspłciowych
wPolsce–raportzbadańipropozycjezmian[LegalpositionoftranspersonsinPoland-researchreport
andproposedchanges],eds.W.Dynarski,K.Śmiszek,Warszawa2013,http://transfuzja.org/download/
publikacje/sytuacja_prawna_osob_transplciowych_w_polsce.pdf(lastaccessedonAugust2,2017).