When a report of recognition keeps the child's pre-recognition surname and bon, or names a custodian, what papers must accompany the report?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the report of recognition itself, to see whether it states the keeping of the surname and bon and the custodian, and the family court's permission judgment or custody judgment together with the paper showing it has become final, since the attachment requirement turns on that.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading holds that where the report states the keeping of the child's pre-recognition surname and bon, or states that a custodian has been determined under the Civil Code, the report must attach the document proving that content, because the provision requires such a document in those two cases.
Another reading turns on the exception: where the family court's permission to continue using the surname and bon, or the judgment determining a custodian, has become final, the further procedure this Act provides is applied to the report instead, so the same proof document need not be attached, and the provision does not say what paper shows that finality.
Your judgment
Once the family court's permission judgment is final, what in the file could show that finality to the registry without the proving document?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We revisit this card if the provision is amended to change which documents must be attached, or if a decision or registry practice settles what must be filed in place of the proving document once the court judgment is final.