Child named after mother in first case since court ruling

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 29 - A child was named after his mother in Pesaro Friday in the first case of non-attribution of the father's surname after a landmark ruling from the Constitutional Court earlier this week.
    A court in the Marche seaside town upheld am appeal from the boy's mother to include her surname in the child's surname, despite the opposition of the father.
    The supreme court ruling has been hailed by women's rights activists and most Italian political parties.
    It established that naming children after their father should not be automatic and children can have a double surname or just the father's or mother's if the parents agree. (ANSA).