PENYELESAIAN PERMOHONAN PENETAPAN NAMA SATU ORANG YANG SAMA PADA PERMOHONAN NOMOR 599/PDT.P/2023/PN.MLG

The case of requesting the name of the same person is a case study of case Number 599/Pdt.P/2023/PN.Mlg, which was submitted to the Malang District Court. This case was filed by Natalia Lindiana through her attorneys, Yassiro Ardhana Rahman, S.H., M.H., and Hera Pratita Madyasti, S.H., L.L.M.
In Indonesia, there are several aspects that cause a person to change their name, such as what happened to the petitioner in this case, who had to change her name for the reason that she added her baptismal name, which was originally Lindiana and then after being baptized, her name was added to Natalia Lindiana. The difference in names in some of these documents made it difficult for the applicant to manage the existing files or documents. Therefore, to make things easier, the petitioner submitted a request to determine the name of the same person.
The author carried out this writing using primary data and secondary data with descriptive search specifications. The objects of the search carried out by the author were the YH & Partner Law Office and the Malang District Court. The source of data obtained is through observation, going into the field and a literature study. Based on the results and discussion, it can be concluded that the resolution process is in the application for determining the name of the same person, Number 599/Pdt.P/2023/PN.Mlg. In fact, the petition submitted by the applicant is not regulated expressly in the Guidebook for the Implementation of Court Duties and Administration in the Four Judicial Environments, Book II, 2007 Edition, printed in 2009, or in Law Number 2023 of 2006 as amended by Law No. 24 of 2013 concerning Population Administration. However, the Court is prohibited from refusing to examine, try, and decide on a case that is submitted. The judge decided to grant the applicant's petition in its entirety and determined that Lindiana and Natalia Lindiana were the same person.
Based on this investigation, a suggestion emerged for the government as the lawmaker to make regulations regarding determining the name of the same person because the social condition of citizens in Indonesia often has several names.