"Surrogate paternity" as voluntary or involuntary blackmail of the judicial system

The article, based on a general assessment of the institution of surrogate motherhood, discusses the issue of participation in its programs of a man who is not married ("single man"). The legal ways of his paternity outside of the official marriage are analyzed. Cases of using the practice of illegal "surrogate paternity", contrary to the purpose of the aforementioned institution, are stated. The practice of forced legalization of the parenthood of this man by the judicial system is stated: the courts satisfy complaints about the refusal of the registry office to register the paternity of children born by a surrogate mother on his “order”, guided by the best interests of the child. At the same time, there is no proper reaction to the «deviance» of the situation - neither in the framework of its legal assessment at the level of law enforcement, nor in a «passionate» manner, that is, in the context of the exercise of the right of higher courts to legislative initiative.