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This paper examines the Italian law reforming the status of children (Law No 219/2012), which finally abolished all discriminations between children born in and out of wedlock, and the consequences such abolishment entails at a private international law level. The first part of the paper analyses the reform, its principles and the problems related to the definition of the rules on the unity of the status of the child as «overriding mandatory provisions». The second part tackles some of the most relevant unsolved problems related to children status, such as the establishment of the parental link in case of medically assisted reproduction, the regime applicable to surrogate motherhood, and the legal vacuums affecting children of same-sex couples. In this regard, particular attention is paid to the Italian case-law, as well as its relationship with the ECtHR and the EU case-law, and to the possible solutions to the non-recognition of the personal status acquired in a foreign country.
1. Introduzione. - 2. La revisione della legge n. 218/1995 alla luce della riforma in materia di status del figlio: necessità delle modifiche e conseguenze. - 3. Segue:
l'índividuazione di norme di applicazione necessaria. - 4. Segue: il coordinamento con altre previsioni normative: il caso delle successioni. - 5. Segue: i problemi lasciati aperti; considerazioni preliminari. - 6. Ipotesi particolari di filiazione: il caso della fecondazione medicalmente assistita. - 7. Segue: la maternità surrogata. - 8. Segue: i figli nati da coppie dello stesso sesso. - 9. Considerazioni conclusive.
