Change of surname due to the declaration on the name of life partners

Prerequisites

establishment of a civil partnership

Documents required

• identity card
• civil partnership certificate

Please note

The civil partner whose name does not become the civil partnership name can precede or add his maiden name or the name actually used by declaration to the civil partnership name. The declaration can be revoked at any time.

Deadlines

There are no deadlines

Procedure

• When establishing the civil partnership, you give the registrar a declaration of the names you and your civil partner want to use in the future.
• If you want to change your name at a later date, speak to the registry office in person.
• Foreign life partners are fundamentally subject to the naming rights of their home country. If (at least) one of the future life partners has their habitual residence in Germany, there is a right to choose between the law of the state to which the foreign life partner belongs and German law.

Fees

There are no costs for the choice of name during the establishment of the civil partnership. There are costs for the later declaration, which you can find out at the registry office.

Legal basis

• § 3 Civil Partnership Act (LPartG)
  http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/lpartg/__3.html


• § 42 Civil Status Act (PStG)
  http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__42.html