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[3]������� A draft order was circulated for comment on foot of the judgment of October 2020.� The Registrar General�s interest in this relates to the precise form which the court order should take when correcting the wholly irregular registration of Y�s birth.� It will be remembered that the name of the birth mother, K, appears on the birth certificate but so also does B�s while the name of the father, L, does not.�
[4]������� In response to that draft the Registrar General made a helpful written submission through Mr P McAteer of counsel dated 30 November 2020.� No party raised any objection to the improvement suggested by Mr McAteer.� Accordingly, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the draft order will be amended in the terms set out at paragraph 7 and 8 of his paper.� Any consequential amendments can also be made to the order.�
[5]������� Y�s real forename is an unusual one but she is 9 years old and is accustomed to it as is everyone who knows her.� K has suggested that the spelling of her forename should be corrected as the current registered spelling is a mistake.� I do not accept that suggestion.� The evidence on this issue was not compelling and I am not persuaded that the spelling should change after all these years.
[8]������� In these circumstances I order that all necessary steps be taken to register Y�s surname as that of her birth mother, Ms K.� In conjunction with that step it is very important for narrative work to be done with her as soon as possible to explain in age appropriate terms why this is happening.� Ms Connolly testified that there are welfare issues in changing Y�s name but that social workers have the necessary experience and training to explain that once the decision has been taken by the court.�
[9]������� Y has had regular contact through the years with B.� In my October 2020 judgment I stated that this should continue.� Regrettably, there is no consensus on the extent of what that contact should be.� B has proposed that she should see Y every Sunday for 5 hours and have an overnight on the last weekend of each month whereas the parents propose only four contacts a year, each for 3 hours.�
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