324
=S=> BGB 1757. 1 The child receives as its birth name the family name of the adoptive parent . The name affixed to the family name of the spouses or the civil partnership name is not deemed to be the family name ( section 1355 ( 4 ) ; section 3 ( 2 ) of the Civil Partnership Act [ Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz ] .
=S=> BGB 1757. 2 If a married couple adopt a child or if a spouse adopts a child of the other spouse and if the spouses have no family name , they determine the birth name of the child , before the pronouncement of the adoption , by declaration to the family court ; section 1617 ( 1 ) applies with the necessary modifications . Where the child has reached the age of five , the determination is effective only if the child agrees with the determination , before the pronouncement of the adoption , by declaration to the family court ; section 1617c ( 1 ) sentence 2 applies with the necessary modifications .
=S=> BGB 1757. 3 The change of the birth name extends to the family name of the child only if the spouse also agrees with the change of name , before the pronouncement of the adoption , by declaration to the family court ; the declaration must be notarially certified .
=S=> BGB 1757. 4 The family court may , on the application of the adoptive parent , with the consent of the child to the pronouncement of the adoption change the first name of the child or give him one or more than one new first names , if this is conducive to the best interests of the child ; attach the previous family name before or after the new family name of the child , if this is necessary for weighty reasons for the best interests of the child .
|
