Questão jurídica principal
Whether the civil registry office could require a passport before starting marriage preparation
Decisão extraída
Yes. Identity had to be established before the marriage preparation procedure could proceed, and the passport requirement was legally permissible.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 99 ZGB and the Zivilstandsverordnung require reliable identification and register accuracy. Given the forged passport and doubts about other documents, a passport was a suitable and necessary means to clarify identity.