Italian children should not automatically receive their father's surname, court says
Italy's Constitutional Court ruled that newborns that are automatically assigned the father's surname at birth is unconstitutional and damaging to a child's identity.
by Dustin Jones
Apr 28, 2022
1 minute
The longstanding tradition of a child automatically inheriting the father's surname may soon be ending in Italy.
Italy's highest court ruled Wednesday
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