Standesamt

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In Germany, the office of vital statistics Standesamt has to agree to register the name parents pick for a child; if they refuse to, the parents can appeal but German name law is pretty strict.

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I acted as one of Miss May's witnesses at the Standesamt, where the civil marriage was performed, while the religious marriage took place in our Embassy.

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