WORLD BRIEFING / GERMANY
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The nation’s highest court ruled that a married couple -- Ms. Thalheim and Mr. Kunz-Hallstein -- cannot become Mr. & Mrs. Thalheim-Kunz-Hallstein, upholding a 1993 law that draws the line at a maximum of two last names.
The Munich couple, whose first names were not released, challenged the law after they married. They argued they wanted to share a surname, while each maintaining professional names.
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