Administrative court lacks competence over civil status name-change file access

ATA/662/1998Cour de justice / Chambre administrative20 oct. 1998Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

The cantonal civil status authority refused to communicate to the appellant the reasons invoked by his son in connection with a surname change. The appellant challenged that refusal before the Tribunal administratif. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal and therefore could not examine the merits of the request for disclosure.

Regeste Omnilex

Jurisdiction; name change and civil status records; access to reasons invoked by a third party in a name-change procedure. Where an appeal is directed against a decision of the cantonal civil status authority refusing disclosure of the reasons stated by a son in support of a name-change request, the administrative court must first examine its own competence ex officio. If the disputed act does not fall within its appellate jurisdiction, the court must decline to entertain the appeal without reaching the merits.

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Descripteurs

COMPETENCE; NOM; ETAT CIVIL; JPT

Normes

LTA.8

Résumé

Décision de la direction cantonale de l'Etat civil refusant au recourant de lui communiquer les motifs invoqués par son fils pour changer de nom. Incompétence du TA. Le Tribunal administratif n'est pas compétent pour connaître d'un recours déposé contre une décision de la direction cantonale de l'état civil refusant au recourant de lui communiquer les motifs invoqués par son fils pour changer de nom.

Mots-clés

jurisdictionname changecivil statusaccess to informationappeal

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Questions juridiques clés extraites par Omnilex

Question juridique clé

Whether the administrative court had jurisdiction over the appeal against the civil status authority's refusal to disclose the son's reasons for a name change.

Solution extraite

The Tribunal administratif was not competent to hear the appeal.

Motifs extraits

The decision concerned access to reasons given in a name-change procedure before the cantonal civil status authority, a matter falling outside the administrative court's competence as presented in the case.

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