Since it became known that the preference of the paternal surname in newborns would end and that it would be the parents who should agree on the order of the surnames, a series of formulas have been considered to solve which surname would go first when it is not Will reach an agreement.
Today we have known the resolution of the Justice Commission of the Congress of Deputies that determines that It will be a Civil Registry official who will decide the order of the baby's last name if the parents do not agree.
It will not be the alphabetical order, nor chance, nor put in the first place the less frequent surname, solutions that the parliamentary groups had suggested, but the “good judgment” of the official who will determine the order of the surnames if the parents are not able to resolve it at the time of registration.
In most cases it is expected that there will be agreement and that those in which the official's solution must be applied will be minimal. But surely there will be.
If at the time of registration in the Civil Registry the parents do not express an agreement, they will have three more days to think about it. After that time "without express communication" to the registry, it will be when "the person in charge (of this department) will agree on the order of the last names according to the best interests of the minor".
In principle, you can order the last names as you think is more convenient by appealing to common sense, which can sometimes be the least common of the senses, avoiding cacophonies or unfortunate combinations such as Dolores Fuertes de Barriga or Armando Guerra Segura, although we trust that in these cases the Parents apply common sense before the official.
The need for parents to agree on the name and surname of the newborn has not been raised as a possibility but as an obligation, especially considering that the order established for the first child must be maintained with the following.
The solution doesn't convince me, what do you think it is? a Civil Registry official who decides the order of the baby's last name if the parents do not agree?
