Kernrechtsfrage
Whether an existing marriage is a procedural prerequisite barring a claim for registered sex and first-name change.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The existence of a marriage is not a process prerequisite; the court must enter the claim and decide the effects of any gender change on the marriage as a substantive matter.
Extrahierte Begründung
The requirement of different sexes applies only at the time of marriage. A possible same-sex marriage resulting from a later gender change concerns the merits, not admissibility. The first instance therefore misapplied the law by refusing to enter the claim.