EN
The article discusses the nature, scope and functions of the new institution of short certificate of civil and marital status in context of the nature of the institution of marriage. The author throws aside the extensive interpretation which persuades the possibility of indication in these certifications the homosexual partnership as equivalent legal situation in comparison to the matrimonial relation. The nature, origin and functions of marriage are appointed as main arguments against this broad conception. The homosexual relations are recognized as relations having only the civil law nature without any features of family law relationships.