{"id":9810,"date":"2024-10-28T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/?p=9810"},"modified":"2024-10-28T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:09:40","slug":"this-wedding-season-whats-in-a-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2024\/this-wedding-season-whats-in-a-surname\/","title":{"rendered":"This Wedding Season: What\u2019s in a Surname?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cThat which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.\u201d (Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your wedding to-do list will be a long one, and getting all the \u201cboring legal bits\u201d in order before you marry may not seem like a huge priority. But it is. Choices you make now will affect both of you (and your families) forever.<\/p>\n<p>One of those choices is what surname\/s you want to adopt in your marriage. We\u2019ll discuss your options below. And although they\u2019re currently available only to women, there\u2019s good news on that front \u2013 a recent High Court decision has set the stage for men to be given the same choices as women.<\/p>\n<h6>What\u2019s the current position?<\/h6>\n<p>In terms of our Births and Deaths Registration Act, as a man you can only change your surname by application to the DHA (the Department of Home Affairs) but as a woman you can automatically:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Take your husband\u2019s surname, or<\/li>\n<li>Revert to or retain your maiden surname or any other prior surname, or<\/li>\n<li>Join your surname with your husband&#8217;s as a double-barreled surname.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Those choices are of course a huge improvement on the old default position of wives automatically having to take their husband\u2019s surnames. But there\u2019s still inherent inequality in the law: while women have these choices as of right, a man still has to apply to the DHA for authority to change his surname. Worse still, he must give a \u201cgood and sufficient reason\u201d for his application, and the applicable regulations say that in this context your reason \u201cmust relate to a change in the marital status of a woman\u201d. These regulations have previously been declared invalid as \u201c<em>ultra vires<\/em>\u201d (made without authority) but they are very specific in excluding men from the equation.<\/p>\n<h6>Two couples challenge the status quo \u2013 and win<\/h6>\n<p>The groundbreaking High Court decision stems from the resolve of two couples to challenge that remnant of gender inequality:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>J\u2026 and H\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>(their full names aren\u2019t used in the judgment to respect their privacy) wanted to use J\u2019s birth surname as it symbolized her connection to her parents who died when she was four. H pledged his unwavering support for her stance and wanted her surname to be their family name in which their children would be raised. The DHA agreed that J could retain her surname but said it was unable to allow H to adopt the same name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jess and Andreas<\/strong>\u00a0(their names\u00a0<em>were\u00a0<\/em>included in the judgment) decided that, because Jess is an only child whose maiden surname is important to her, they would both combine their surnames into a hyphenated surname. They wanted their names to be the same and to reflect their familial unit. It was only when the time came to complete their marriage certificate that they realised only Jess could go the double-barrel route. The DHA again said they couldn\u2019t do the same for Andreas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In a joint application, the couples asked the High Court to declare that the relevant sections of the Act and regulations are unconstitutional. Our Constitution states, after all, that the right to equality includes full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms, with the State being prohibited from unfairly discriminating directly or indirectly against anyone based on, among other things, gender or marital status. They argued that that \u201cthe Act has retained an archaic and patriarchal default position that only women are entitled, as of right, to assume a different surname.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Court with little ado issued the order of unconstitutionality, giving parliament two years to remedy this and ordering that in the interim men will have the same rights as women to change their surnames and to resume previous surnames on marriage, divorce or the death of a spouse. It also specifically ordered the DHA to amend these two couples\u2019 surnames as requested.<\/p>\n<h6>Now it\u2019s over to the Constitutional Court, then on to parliament<\/h6>\n<p>The order of unconstitutionality only comes into force as and when confirmed by the Constitutional Court so for now unfortunately your choices remain limited as above.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you settle on, before making your final decision you might want to ask us about the legal consequences. Then tell the marriage officer upfront what your choice is so that your marriage certificate, marriage register and National Population Register all reflect your married names correctly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you need assistance with this, or any other legal aspect of marriage, please contact us. (But please don\u2019t ask us for help with the flowers!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dedfe0!important;padding-top: 20px!important;margin-top: 20px!important\">Disclaimer:\u00a0The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your professional adviser for specific and detailed advice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a9 LawDotNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThat which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.\u201d (Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet) Your wedding to-do list will be a long one, and getting all the \u201cboring legal bits\u201d in order before you marry may not seem like a huge priority. But it is. 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