When a final and binding judgment requires a correction of the family relations register, who must apply for it, what papers must be attached, and from when does the time to apply run?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the certified copy of the judgment and the certificate of its finality, since the provision names both as the papers to attach, and we read the date of finality shown there, because the period the provision sets runs from that date. We also read the initiating papers of the suit to see who filed it, since the provision puts the duty on the person who brought the action.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the provision as a package of conditions: where a final and binding judgment requires the register to be corrected, the person who filed the action must apply for that correction within the period the provision sets from the date the judgment became final, attaching a certified copy of the judgment and a certificate of its finality.
Another reading stresses what the provision does not say: it sets the papers and the period but leaves open what follows if the period passes without an application, and whether the registry may act without them, so a file missing either attachment does not meet the provision's written requirement on its face.
Your judgment
If the person who filed the action cannot obtain a certificate of finality within the period the provision sets, what in the file could show the date of finality instead?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the papers to be attached, the period for applying, or who must apply, or if a decision clarifies which date counts as the date the judgment became final.