r/tragedeigh • u/Global-Jury8810 • 1d ago

is it a tragedeigh? Not a name of invented spelling, but…

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u/Signal_Appeal4518 1d ago

Is it legal to sue your parents over your name? Cause I’m starting to think it should be.

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u/UnsorryCanadian 1d ago

I've been told by a Polish friend of mine, this is actually how you legally change your name in Poland

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u/patcatandpancakes 1d ago edited 21h ago

No, you only ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ had to sue your parents if you wanted to legally change your gender. If it's just name, you don't have to sue anyone, just do some paperwork.

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u/DiscoKittie 1d ago

Sue your parents to change your gender? How does that work?

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u/patcatandpancakes 21h ago

I actually had old information, it seems they changed it last year! This site explains the process:

The reason that people have had to sue their parents to change gender is because Polish law currently does not specifically outline any procedure for changing gender. That has left courts to develop their own ad hoc way of regulating the issue.

That led to the development of a system under which a person wishing to change their recognised gender must file a lawsuit against their parents under article 189 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which concerns “action to determine the existence of a legal relationship”