Organization : Government of the Republic of Croatia
Facility : Registering the birth of a child
Country : Croatia
Website : https://gov.hr/en/registering-the-birth-of-a-child/696
How To Register a Birth of Child in Croatia?
The e-Newborn service enables parents to register their child’s birth and name the child in the public registers, with the Ministry of the Interior and the Croatian Health Insurance Fund with the help of the signature certificate on their e-identity cards.
Related / Similar Facility : Croatia Financial Aid For Newborns
The registration of the birth of a child in the birth register is done based on an oral or written notice to the registrar competent for the territory in which the child’s place of birth is located. If a child is born in a healthcare institution, this healthcare institution will notify the registrar in writing.
If a child is not born in a healthcare institution, the following persons can register the child’s birth:
** The child’s father
** The person in whose apartment the child was born
** The mother, if able to do so
** The midwife or doctor who helped deliver the child
** A person who has learned of the child being born.
When registering the birth of a child born outside a healthcare institution, you are required to present the medical records from the delivery or proof of maternity. Healthcare institutions or a person who has learned that the child was born have to register the birth within 15 days from the child’s date of birth.
Parents have 30 days from the child’s date of birth to name the child. Until you obtain all documents for the child, its maternity hospital discharge letter serves as its identification document.
Naming a Child in Croatia
A child has to be named within 30 days from its date of birth. A child is named by mutual agreement of its parents and they have to visit the registry office in person for this.
When naming their child, parents may choose any name. What is important is that the desired name is a word which is considered a name. A child’s surname depends on the parents’ common surname. In case their surnames are different, the parents can decide that the child will have just one or both of their surnames.
The information on the required documents can be obtained from the competent registry office, and the list of county registry offices and their contact Information can be found on the website of the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation.
If only one parent is present, a written statement of agreement with the child’s name is required. If one of the parents is not alive, was declared dead, their place of residence is unknown, they have lost custody, have completely lost legal capacity or the decision on them partially losing legal capacity prevents them from taking any action in relation to personal statuses, the child is named by the other parent.
If the parents have not reached agreement on the child’s name, the child is named by the competent social welfare centre within 30 days from the date of one of the parents’ application.