!!!Namensrecht

Names, Legal Provisions Governing, field of law dealing with the rules 
of naming. The family name is acquired by birth, legitimate children 
are named after their parents if these have one common family name. If 
they have different names, the child is given the family name of one 
parent. Illegitimate children are given the mother´s maiden 
name. Spouses bear the same family name or may retain their original 
name. The common family name has to be the family name of one of the 
two spouses and is determined before the contraction of marriage. The 
other spouse is entitled to add his/her former family name in a 
hyphenated form before or after the common family name. Pseudonyms are 
acquired through use. Family names and pseudonyms are protected by 
law. Titles of nobility were abolished in Austria in 1919. Changes of 
name require the approval through official notice by the district 
administration, which is only granted on special conditions.


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