A sixty-nine-year-old man from the Netherlands was told by a court that he could not legally lower his age by twenty years.
A sixty-nine-year-old man from the Netherlands was told by a court that he could not legally lower his age by twenty years.
Emile Ratelband told the Washington Post that he feels his « feeling » about his body and mind is that he’s about 40 or 45 despite being born on March 11,1949. He also claims he received a check-up from a doctor who told him his “biological age is 45 years.”
“We can make our own decisions if we want to change our name, or if we want to change our gender,” Ratelband said. “So I want to change my age.”
The court did not agree, citing that there was no legal basis for the change, according to a statement released by the court .
“The court did not find any reason in Mr Ratelband’s arguments to create new case law in line with the statutory provisions on changes to a person’s officially registered name or gender,” the statement says.
