After
sentence of the Constitutional Court on the double surname,
in order to attribute a single surname to the child "it is essential" the agreement between the two parents.
In the absence of this agreement, "the surnames of both parents must be attributed, in the order decided by them, and if this further agreement is lacking, as the Court specifies in the decision,
the intervention of the judge
is required ".
This was written by the head of the Interior and Territorial Affairs Department of the Interior Ministry, Claudio Sgaraglia, in a
circular to the prefects
to sensitize the mayors so that they provide information to the civil status offices of the Municipalities on the sentence.
Therefore, in implementation of the
sentence of the Constitutional Court
, the circular reads, "the registrar will have to accept the request of the parents who intend to give the child the surname of both, in the order agreed by the same, at the time of birth, of recognition or adoption, without prejudice to the agreement to attribute only the surname of only one of them ".
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