Age Correction Case (Enlargement – Minimisation)
WHAT IS AGE CORRECTION (ENLARGEMENT – REDUCTION) LAWSUIT?
Age correction lawsuit; is a type of lawsuit filed for the correction of a person’s age and date of birth by a competent court decision upon the incorrect writing of a person’s age and date of birth in the civil registry due to a material error. In practice, age correction lawsuits are usually filed for reasons such as marriage, military service, education and retirement. It is not possible to change the correction of age without a finalised court decision. For this reason, there must be a finalised court decision in order to change the population record with the request for age increase or age reduction.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR AGE CORRECTION CASE?
The conditions of the age correction case vary subjectively from person to person. However, the most important condition for filing an age correction lawsuit is that the person requesting age reduction or enlargement has legal interest and just cause in the lawsuit filed. The conditions of the age correction case can be counted as follows;
Birth did not take place in a hospital or maternity home, that is, in an official institution:
The external appearance is suitable for the age requested to be changed,
Whether the age difference between the person requesting the age change and their mother is appropriate,
There is no sibling of the same mother at the age at which the exchange is requested,
The presence of a justifiable reason,
In a criminal case, the determination of the real age may be made for reasons such as the determination of the age of the victim or the defendant affecting the decision to be made by the court.
WHAT IS AGE ADJUSTMENT?
Age adjustment is the same as age correction. For this reason, the age correction case is also known as the age allocation case. In practice, the age correction case may appear as age allocation case, age reduction case, age enlargement case.
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