In Guatemala, any person can change their given name and even their surnames (paternal and\/or maternal), taking into consideration that a judicial or notarial process must first be formalized for proper authorization.<\/p>\n
Changing one's given name is something that is commonly done, as in many cases people do not like the names chosen for them by their parents and that were registered with the National Registry of Persons.<\/p>\n
According to the legal encyclopedia, the name is\u201cthe set of words, the first optional and the others by filiation, by which a natural person is individualized and identified by the State and in society.\u201d; <\/em>and as for the surname, it defines it as \u201cA word used to distinguish members of the same family or individuals who share an identical patronymic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In our legislation, specifically in Article 4 of the Civil Code, Decree Law No. 106, the following is established, in relation to the name<\/strong> \u201cThe individual identifies with the name<\/strong> with which their birth is registered in the National Registry of Persons (RENAP), which consists of Proper noun<\/strong> and of Last name<\/strong> of their married parents, or of their unmarried parents who have recognized them. Children of a single mother will be registered with her surnames.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Therefore, to be able to carry out the change of first name or last name in Guatemala notarially, the following aspects must be taken into consideration:<\/p>\n If there is opposition in the process, the procedure becomes judicial, and for this purpose, the notary will send the file to the competent court so that it may hear the third party who considers themselves prejudiced by the name change, and then rule whether or not said name change is appropriate. This resolution issued by the judge is appealable.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" En Guatemala cualquier persona puede cambiar su nombre propio e incluso sus apellidos (apellido paterno y\/o materno), tomando en consideraci\u00f3n que previamente se debe formalizar un tr\u00e1mite judicial o notarial para su debida autorizaci\u00f3n. El cambio de nombre propio es lo que com\u00fanmente se hace, pues en muchos casos resulta no ser del agrado de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-derecho-notarial","tag-notarial-y-civil"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n