A bill to simplify change of surname

This text, supported by the Government, must be examined at first reading at the National Assembly on Wednesday, January 26th. In particular, it provides that each adult can choose between the names of his parents.

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It will be at the same time as a question of intimate and equality between women and men at the National Assembly, Wednesday, January 26. The members will look at first reading on a bill (PPL), defended by the member (the Republic in March) of the Hérault, Patrick Vignal, aimed at facilitating the procedures of change of civil status. Supported by the Government, which has committed the accelerated procedure for this text, this PPL provides for several symbolic broadcasters on a sensitive subject: the last name.

The main thing is to allow any adult who wishes, once in his life, to take the name of his second parent, adding it or substituting the current name. While several thousand people are aimed every year at the Ministry of Justice to change their name (they were 3,567 in 2021), a long procedure and at a cost, it will suffice to fill in a simple CERFA form to do be worth this new right. At present, approximately 35% of applications are rejected, according to a growing estimate by the Chancery.

The bill will thus meet the suffering expressed by many adults “who are struggling to bear the name of their generator”, such as victims of violence or abandonment during their childhood, explained Patrick Vignal. the examination of the text in the laws Committee, where it was adopted on January 19th. This is the case of Véronique, 50 years old (she wanted his name, like the other people cited by their only first name).

This rouen has since early childhood the name of his ex-father-in-law. “This man recognized me when I was 5 years old, after marrying my mother,” says the Human Resources Officer. For many years, the latter inflicts “psychological and sexual violence”. “It stopped when I said Stop, at the age of 16, but I still bring his name today, which makes me relive constantly what I lived under his domination”, testifies Véronique.

“Thousands of testimonials”

In February 2017, it tried to initiate the necessary steps to change the civil status: publication of his request to the Official Journal and letter addressed to the custody of the seals, accompanied by a letter from his doctor. “I put my guts, my heart, writing that I had been raped by the name I’m carried by and mentioning that I was under antidepressant treatment, with psychological and psychiatric follow-up,” details-T- She.

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