Decision of the Court of Cassation, VI Civil Section, No. 18141 of 24 June 2014

Through this order, the Court of Cassation affirmed that the right to keep her husband’s name may be awarded by the court to ex-wife in extraordinary cases, and not for the simple fact that the ex-wife considers that name as an element relevant to her personal identity. Otherwise, the ex-husband’s right to private and family life under Article 8 of the ECHR would be violated, and especially in the event of a new marriage.