The Compensation of Pecuniary Damages in Wrongful Birth Cases

Abstract

This article examines the possibilities to recognise the compensation of the child’s maintenance cost in the wrongful birth cases. Both the foreign legal doctrine and case-law of foreign countries reveal different approaches to the possibility to allow such compensation. In such a context, taking into account the legal regulation, the perspectives of solution of this question in Lithuania are analysed.

Keywords

• wrongful birth
• pecuniary damage
• child’s maintenance cost