The first name of the child shall be chosen by his parents jointly.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 33
Choice of First Name - 1. Principle · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where no legal filiation link between child and father has been established, the mother, or, in her default, the family of the mother, shall give the first name to the child.
If a legal filiation link between child and father is established after the birth of the child, but before the child reaches the age of majority, the parents of the child may modify the first name given in accordance with sub-Article (2) by making a joint declaration before any civil status officer within a period of six months after the, establishment of the legal filiation link.