Anyone embarking on gender reassignment treatment in Czechia must be single, divorced, widowed, or, if a civil partner, their partnership must have been dissolved.
If an individual is married or in a registered partnership, the registry office informs them that, if they do not divorce or legally end their partnership, their marriage or partnership will be automatically dissolved on the first day of their gender reassignment.
When an individual starts gender reassignment treatment, the registry office may allow them to change their given name(s) and surname to something that is gender-neutral (unisex). A given name and surname is gender-neutral if there is no difference between their masculine and feminine forms (e.g.the Czech names René Tomšů and Nikola Janků).
The use of gender-neutral given names and surnames shall be authorised by the registry office:
- responsible for the place where the individual is permanently resident;
- further to an application from the individual;
- upon presentation of a certificate from the health service provider running the healthcare facility where the individual is being treated for gender reassignment;
- free of charge (reassignment is exempt from administration fees).