partner-contact/partner_second_lastname/views/res_partner.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!-- Copyright 2015 Tecnativa - Jairo Llopis
     Copyright 2017 Tecnativa - Pedro M. Baeza
     License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl). -->
<odoo>
    <record id="partner_simple_form" model="ir.ui.view">
        <field name="model">res.partner</field>
        <field
            name="inherit_id"
            ref="partner_firstname.view_partner_simple_form_firstname"
        />
        <field name="arch" type="xml">
            <field name="firstname" position="attributes">
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('lastname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                    ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </field>
            <field name="lastname" position="attributes">
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                    ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </field>
            <field name="lastname" position="after">
                <field
                    name="lastname2"
                    attrs="{'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname', '=', False), ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}"
                />
            </field>
        </field>
    </record>
    <record id="partner_form" model="ir.ui.view">
        <field name="model">res.partner</field>
        <field name="inherit_id" ref="partner_firstname.view_partner_form_firstname" />
        <field name="arch" type="xml">
            <!-- Main form -->
            <field name="firstname" position="attributes">
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('lastname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                    ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </field>
            <field name="lastname" position="attributes">
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                    ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </field>
            <field name="lastname" position="after">
                <field
                    name="lastname2"
                    attrs="{'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname', '=', False), ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}"
                />
            </field>
            <!-- Inner contact form of child_ids -->
            <xpath
                expr="//field[@name='child_ids']/form//field[@name='firstname']"
                position="attributes"
            >
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('lastname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                    ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </xpath>
            <xpath
                expr="//field[@name='child_ids']/form//field[@name='lastname']"
                position="attributes"
            >
                <attribute name="attrs">
                    {'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname2', '=', False),
                        ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}
                </attribute>
            </xpath>
            <xpath
                expr="//field[@name='child_ids']/form//field[@name='lastname']"
                position="after"
            >
                <field
                    name="lastname2"
                    attrs="{'required': [('firstname', '=', False), ('lastname', '=', False), ('is_company', '=', False), ('type', '=', 'contact')]}"
                />
            </xpath>
        </field>
    </record>
</odoo>