Surname after the divorce in terms of historical and legal perspective – de lege lata remarks and de lege ferenda postulates

Abstract

The work concerns the issue of the surname of the spouses after the divorce. The conducted historical analysis has shown that the responsibility for divorce should be significant in the context of the possibility of preserving the name of a former spouse. Current legal regulations do not foresee such situations at all, often causing consequences which are difficult to accept from a legal and social point of view. The author gives examples from the practice that prove the need for amending the law.