How the order of surnames can be changed with the new law

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The Ministry of Justice and the Civil Registry Service announced that on Tuesday the new Law of Changes in the Order of the Surnames will begin to govern, which allows people to ask first surname the maternal and then the paternal.

In particular, the law gives the possibility to parents to establish the order of the surnames of their first son or daughter, which will extend to the rest of the children in common who enroll later.

“This new law allows a very significant step to be taken for the equality of men and women, since, hereafter, the order of the surnames will not necessarily be that of the first father and the mother then, achieving a very changeRadical and deep in our culture, ”said Justice Minister Hernán Larraín.

The authority said that “changing the order of the surnames does not mean that people cease to be responsible for their previous commitments.One continues, with new surnames, with the same rights and the same obligations and, therefore, remains the same legal person.Everyone can make this change, but if someone has sentences for crimes that deserve an afflictive penalty, they have to go to a court to ask for authorization, unless it is someone who has been convicted of a crime of sexual abuse against boy, girl or adolescent.They will never be able to change their last names. ”

How to carry out the procedure

In all birth inscriptions that are made from today, the person who enrolls the newborn, to invest the order of the surnames, must present a “agreement form” signed by both parents.

If the form is not signed by the two, the law establishes that the civil officer must carry out a raffle, in this case, through a currency, to establish the order of the surnames of the registration.

In the case of children or minor daughters already registered, parents will be able2023.

In addition, the law establishes that they can also request the change of order of surnames that over 18 through a procedure in the Civil Registry, whose change will be transmitted to their minor children.If these are older than 14 and under 18, they must sign a consent on the day of the application.

Meanwhile, foreign persons may only request the change of the order of their last names for the purposes of the issuance or for the rectification of their Chilean documents, complying with the requirements established in this Law, in addition to having definitive residence and the birth registered in Chile.

The National Director of the Civil Registry, Sergio Mierzejewski, said the service added to his online schedule system the process to request time to change the order of the last names.There will be 7 thousand monthly appointments in 372 offices throughout the country.

To learn more details, citizens can enter the official website of the Civil Registry, which has a special banner for the new law.