Rectify an unjust situation regarding the name of a boy in Quebec


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2014-06-09 14:22

The Quebec law allows a new born to take either his(her) father's name or the mother's name or both names. In this case he could take his father's name and the 'A' problem won't exist. Actually in Bulgaria the children take their fathers' family names. If you absolutely want to have your son with your family name, you can request a name change after the birth certificate is issued but you need to pay certain fees. I understand from a Bulgarian point of view that it is going to be difficult for a boy to have a female family name but there are solutions to this (as just explained) and changing or bypassing the law for a particular case is not necessarly right. Imagine if all cultural communities requested changes because in their countries the rules differ from the Quebec and the Canada law...