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=S=> BGB 1617c. 1 Where the parents designate a family name after the child has reached the age of five , the family name is also the birth name of the child only if the child agrees with the naming . A child with limited capacity to contract that has reached the age of fourteen may make the declaration only without a representative ; the approval of its legal representative is necessary for this . The declaration must be made to the registry of births , deaths and marriages ; it must be notarially certified .
=S=> BGB 1617c. 2 Subsection ( 1 ) applies with the necessary modifications if the family name , which has become the birth name of a child , is changed or if , in the cases of sections 1617 , 1617a and 1617b , the family name of a parent , which has become the birth name of a child , is changed in a different way than through marriage or entering into a civil partnership .
=S=> BGB 1617c. 3 A change of the birth name only affects the family name or the civil partnership name of the child if the spouse or civil partner also agrees with the change of name ; subsection ( 1 ) sentence 3 applies with the necessary modifications .
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