Key legal question
Whether the civil register entry of the child's surname was based on an obvious clerical error under Art. 43 ZGB.
Extracted holding
No. The register entry reflected the applicable law and the information available to the civil registrar; no obvious mistake existed.
Extracted reasoning
Administrative correction under Art. 43 ZGB is limited to clear, undisputed errors apparent from the documents and information then available. Here, Swiss law applied and Art. 270(2) ZGB required the surname of the unmarried mother.