Tokens: The
assessment
of
to
what
extent
and
under
what
conditions
a
registered
paternity
may
be
contested
is
very
difficult
involving
a
number
of
conflicting
interests
.
Thus
the
“
biological
reality
”
is
only
one
of
them
,
and
it
may
in
the
circumstances
of
a
given
case
be
outweighed
by
for
instance
the
interests
of
the
child
,
the
child
’s
mother
or
the
society
in
preserving
the
stability
of
the
legal
status
of
persons
.
An
example
of
that
is
the
Court
’s
decision
of
19
October
1999
in
Yildirim
v.
Austria
.
It
is
therefore
not
astonishing
that
a
survey
of
the
legislations
in
the
Contracting
States
on
the
institution
of
paternity
actions
reveals
that
there
is
no
universally
adopted
standard
,
but
on
the
contrary
the
various
legal
systems
differ
considerably
according
to
the
political
,
social
and
cultural
traditions
.
In
my
opinion
the
Court
should
be
careful
not
to
impose
a
general
opinion
on
how
such
conflicting
interests
should
be
assessed
but
leave
a
wide
margin
of
appreciation
to
national
legislators
.
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