RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The principle of immutability of the name is not absolute under the Brazilian legal system. With this understanding, the 3rd Chamber of Public Law of the São Paulo Court of Justice authorized a woman to remove her father's surname on the grounds of affective and material abandonment.
She sought the Court alleging that retaining the surname caused her distress and suffering and violated her constitutional . . .
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