The couple can reach an agreement.
Until a few years ago, it was common in Ecuador for the newborn to be registered first with the father’s first surname.
Art. 37 of the Organic Law on Identity Management and Civil Data (Logidac), indicates that the surnames will be the first of each of the parents and the paternal will precede the maternal.
However, the rule also establishes that the father and mother can reach a agreement to agree on the order of surnames at the time of registration. In this way, if they so decide, the child can have the mother’s last name first and the father’s second.
In any case, the order of the surnames that the couple has chosen for the first child will govern for the rest of the offspring of this link. That is, if the first-born has siblings within the same union, they will also have the same order of surnames.
Name of minors can be changed up to 90 days after birth
Step by step to make a birth registration in Ecuador
If there is only one affiliation, the same surnames of the parent who makes the registration will be assigned. If the parent has only one surname, the enrollee will be assigned the same surname twice. (I)
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