Italian couple’s child unrecognized in Italy due to French administrative error, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): An Italian couple has spent more than three years trying to have their child legally recognized. The child was born in July 2023 in Paris, but a mistake by French authorities has made the child’s legal existence in Italy impossible, according to Corriere della Sera.
The couple was spending a weekend in France on the advice of their gynecologist, who had predicted the birth would take place about twenty days later. The baby was born in the French capital, and only a few weeks later, back in Italy, did the couple realize that the French administration had made an error.
The names of the biological parents on the record were not exactly correct, and neither were their nationalities.
When the couple asked the municipality of Mandello del Lario, a village on the shore of Lake Como, to transcribe the birth certificate into the Italian civil registry, the request was rejected because the personal information did not match.
The Lecco court confirmed that the birth certificate could not be recognized. Because the document is foreign, the court ruled out any possibility of having it corrected in Italy.
The family’s lawyers appealed, and the Milan Court of Appeal gave the couple a choice: start a correction procedure in France or restart the birth certificate process in Italy.
Since 2023, however, the child has not existed in the eyes of the law. A special guardian has been appointed for the minor to handle administrative tasks, from vaccinations to nursery enrollment, while the case remains unresolved.
“This is a case that must be resolved,” the parents’ lawyer said.
