Administracyjnoprawny tryb zmiany nazwiska w Niemczech (Öffentlich-rechtliche Namensänderung in Deutschland) – wybrane zagadnienia proceduralne i materialnoprawne

• Authors: Piotr Ruczkowski

Title variants

EN

The administrative and legal procedure of changing the surname in Germany (Öffentlich-rechtliche Namensänderung in Deutschland) – selected issues of the procedural and substantive law

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The article analyzes selected legal provisions related to administrative and legal procedures of changing the surname in Germany. It is worth emphasizing that the same provisions apply to changing first names. The issue of adopting new surnames and first names and their changes in Germany is regulated first of all by civil law provisions and, to be more precise, by family law provisions which are closely related to the existing family relationships and blood relationships. Legislators have also provided for a possibility of changing surnames and names through administrative and legal procedures based on the public law regulations, in particular – the Change of Name and Surname Act (Gesetz über die Änderung von Familiennamen und Vornamen). Adopting the principle of relative stability of names and surnames, German legislators allow for a change of names and surnames solely upon the request of the party concerned and for valid reasons only, e.g. when the surname is embarrassing, has a complicated spelling or difficult pronunciation. In Germany, German citizens or stateless persons residing or staying on German territory may file a petition to have their name and surname changed. Moreover, administrative provisions allow refugees and persons eligible for asylum to file a change of the surname petition.

Keywords

PL

change of the first name; change of the surname; administrative and legal procedures of changing first names and surnames; family law; substantive administrative law

EN

change of the first name; change of the surname; administrative and legal procedures of changing first names and surnames; family law; substantive administrative law]

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski
• Journal: Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1 (4)
• Pages: 47-59

Dates

published

2019-09-16

Contributors

author

Piotr Ruczkowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.25167/osap.1159