Question juridique clé
Whether the father qualified as a victim's relative entitled to join the criminal proceedings and claim moral damages under LAVI.
Solution extraite
The refusal was lawful because a moral-damage claim by the father was highly improbable on the facts; without a plausible civil claim, he could not intervene as party under LAVI.
Motifs extraits
A relative may participate only if it is plausible that he can assert civil claims arising from the offence. Given the weak father-child relationship, the absence of custody, the prior disavowal action, and the factual findings binding on the Court, a moral-damage claim was exceptionally unlikely.