Legitymacja procesowa prokuratora w postępowaniu o unieważnienie małżeństwa postulaty de lege ferenda i de lege lata

This paper concerns issues related to the legal standing of a public prosecutor in the cases of marriage annulment. Characteristics, nature, and effects were described along with entitlements resulting from this institution. Presented were marriage obstacles that are base for bringing actions and the dispute of doctrine resulting from marriage obstacles occurring in the narrowed circle that includes marriage obstacles that make possible demanding marriage annulment of constrained entities being explicitly pointed out in regulations. Rights and arguments representing opposite parties were presented in detail along with the standpoint of the author, which was the base for the demanding changes of the regulation entitling public prosecutor to bring actions of marriage annulment. The subject of introducing means of challenging by spouses, that were not entitled to bringing the action was elaborated.