Editing Name change (section)

===Brazil===
In Brazil, legal name changes are regulated by the Public Records Act (Law No. 6,015/1973)<ref>{{cite web|title=L6015consolidado|language=pt-BR|website=Presidência da República|url=https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l6015consolidado.htm|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> and can be requested by any person registered on a Brazilian civil registry office, through a court order or directly on a civil registry office, depending on the case.

People over the [[age of majority]] (18 years<ref>{{cite web|title=L10406compilada|language=pt-BR|work=Presidência da República|url=https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/LEIS/2002/L10406compilada.htm|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>) may change their [[given name]]s without specifying a reason. The change of given name directly on a civil registry office can be done only once, and to revert the change, a court order is required.

A person's [[surname]]s can be changed directly on a civil registry office, in the following circumstances:
* inclusion of family surnames;
* inclusion of the spouse's or partner's surname following marriage or stable union;
* exclusion of the spouse's or partner's surname following divorce or extinction of a  stable union;
* inclusion or exclusion of surnames following change of [[filiation]];
* for [[stepchild]]ren, the inclusion of the surname of the [[stepmother]] or [[stepfather]], as long as there are justifiable reasons and consent from the stepparent whose surname is being included.