French Code of civil procedure

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to challenge before the family court the first name or names chosen by the parents, pursuant to the third paragraph of article 57 of the Civil Code, is that in whose jurisdiction the child’s birth certificate is held. Where the birth record has been drawn up or transcribed by the diplomatic or consular authorities, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction is that of the…

Where the public prosecutor opposes the change of first name pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code, the claim is brought against him before the family affairs judge of the judicial court with which the public prosecutor exercises his functions.

Claims made pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 57 and the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code obey the rules of ordinary written procedure applicable before the judicial court. However, the decision is enforceable on a provisional basis only if it so orders.

The operative part of the decision ordering the change of forename is forwarded without delay by the public prosecutor to the civil registrar holding the interested party’s civil status records, in the margin of which a mention of the decision is made.