Change of name and surname

Our Law Firm successfully conducted a multi-year administrative case for the Client, in which in 2020 we applied for a change of the Client’s name and surname, after which two negative decisions were issued regarding this application, where the authorities found twice that the Client’s family situation, involving a long-term conflict with relatives, did not constitute important reasons within the meaning of the Act on the change of name and surname. We appealed against the final decision of the Mazovian Voivode to the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw, which accepted the complaint and annulled the contested decision for reconsideration by the Voivode. At the stage of the proceedings before the Supreme Administrative Court, examining the Voivode’s cassation appeal against the judgment annulling the decision of the second instance body, the Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the cassation appeal, after which the administrative proceedings were returned for a new substantive proceeding before the appellate body. During the administrative proceedings, new evidence and factual circumstances were presented related to the important reasons for changing the Client’s personal data, which were argued from the beginning. This evidence was supplemented by the Client’s written testimony, which led to a positive conclusion of the appeal proceedings in October 2024 by overturning the negative decision of the first instance body (USC) and ruling by the Mazovian Voivode on the merits of the case, ruling to change the name and surname in accordance with the Client’s request.