ents. Children horn of parents not registered in marriage shall bear the surname of the father or of the mother or both surnames joined. The surnames of such children shall be determined by agreement between the parents, or, failing this, by decision of the court.
146. In case a marriage is dissolved by divorce or declared void, the parents shall determine by a mutual agreement which of the three names mentioned in Section 100 the children shall bear. In default of agreement between the parents, the surname of the child shall be determined by the judge on his own authority, and in case of dispute between the parents, by the local court.
147. If the parents are citizens of different countries, the citizenship of the children (provided one of the parents is of Russian citizenship) shall be determined by a pre-existing agreement made betweeen the parents and declared by them at the time of the recording of their marriage in the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Note. In default of an agreement on this matter between the parents, the children shall be considered to be Russian citizens, provided that upon their attainment of full age they shall have the right to assume the citizenship of the foreign parent.
148. The parents shall be entitled to decide by agreement the religious beliefs to be professed by their children under 14 years of age. In default of such an agreement between the parents, children under the age of 14 years shall be deemed to profess no religious belief at all.
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