The paper analyses private international law in Poland and the relevant practice in light of the new European human rights standards. The findings of the paper are twofold. On the one hand, under Polish law, Polish nationals are expected not to enter into same-sex marriages, wherever they live. On the other, several developments regarding European human rights standards have softened the traditional approach to same-sex marriages and same-sex parenthood in Poland, and opened some room for cross-border recognition of family status in Poland.