Identità dei figli tra cognome, status filiationis e diritto di conoscere le proprie origini biologiche

Di Giovanna Savorani -
The essay aims to enlighten emerging issues concerning the identity protection of children in Italy. It moves from two findings rising in recent case law. The first is that the surname is fundamental for the identity of children and it improves their feeling of belonging to the family community. The second is that the adoptive child’s identity has been strengthened by the possibility to request the disclosure of the identity of the biological mother, who chose to remain anonymous at the time of birth. Italian Law no. 76/2016 has not considered similar issues for children born in homosexual families: neither about the surname nor about the disclosure of their biological origins. On t. . .