Hi John et al,
It's Dave here living in Extremadura with my wife Cecille ...
On marriage my wife Cecille Padillo changed her name to Cecille Padillo Smith, my surname is Smith.
So our children would be callled Smith Padillo?
David Michael Smith (British) married to Cecille Padillo Smith (Filipina) have a daughter for example called Sarah Smith Padillo... Is this correct?
Dave and Cecille
If you were Spanish nationals I guess that must be so, that you are not, then maybe some latitude would be allowed.
In Elaine's (my wife) case, she originally did not have my surname Carrington on her residencia nor Filipino passport, which had been issued before the marriage.
After arriving in Spain we went to the Philippines Consulate and they changed the name in her Filipino passport so that she had her maiden name Gonzales and my surname.
The new Residencia shows Gonzales Carrington as her surnames.
Originally Posted by pendeen560
Hi , I believe your daughter's name will be .......... Sarah Padillo Smith
This is a quote from the interbet:-
"In Spain, the relevant rules are to be found essentially in Articles 108 and 109 of the Civil Code. The general and traditional rule is that each child born to a married couple bears a double surname, composed of the first element of the father’s surname followed by the first element of the mother’s surname. In 1999, Article 109 was amended to allow parents the possibility to choose, before the birth of their first child, to give all their children a surname comprising those same elements but in reverse order, so that the first element of the mother’s surname comes first."
Thus more usually the children would be called Smith Padillo
Yes they do, that's why Pendeen560, who lives on Spain, asked what happens in Spain.
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