Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the applicant showed just motives under Art. 30 para. 1 CC to change her surname after adoption and resume her birth name.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The asserted difficulties were largely hypothetical and did not outweigh the public and administrative interest in name stability.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court held that an adopted person may in principle seek a name change under Art. 30 para. 1 CC, but only where objective and sufficiently serious motives exist. Here, the applicant had carried the adoptive name and Swiss nationality for nearly ten years. The alleged problems with Algerian authorities, family contacts, and recognition of a future marriage were not established by the factual findings and were too speculative. The mere existence of different naming rules across countries is insufficient.