Changing last name without fathers consent
I need advice/help on how I can change my child’s last name without his fathers consent (he’s on the birth certificate), I’m not doing this out of spite and is for my child’s best interest, my 4 other children have my surename (they have a different father and I choose my last name) I was in a domestic relationship with my sons father and I was always unsure on him having his last name but out of fear to not cause a problem I accepted it but now I feel my son is going to grow up feeling different to his siblings as he’s the only one with the last name and no connection with his fathers family and it honestly makes me sad 😞 I just don’t want him to feel different as he already has a different dad and he doesn’t see him, I can’t contact the family as he always made sure I had no information to contact them, any advice would be extremely appreciated x
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I dont have the best legal information but you can have the child's last name changed without fathers permission but its a longer court process, but given your circumstances I cant see why they wouldn't see it in the childs best interest to do so.
As said, I'm not sure on the specific legality of it. If you have reddit, legal advice UK is a great subreddit to ask !
I’m going through this at the minute legally through the course and it is such a long process. They literally want to know every little detail.
Even though we’ve had no contact for six years and a restraining order, they want to know where he lives when the last time we had contact when was the last time he saw his son yeah it’s a lot so be prepared
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Changing last name without fathers consent
I need advice/help on how I can change my child’s last name without his fathers consent (he’s on the birth certificate), I’m not doing this out of spite and is for my child’s best interest, my 4 other children have my surename (they have a different father and I choose my last name) I was in a domestic relationship with my sons father and I was always unsure on him having his last name but out of fear to not cause a problem I accepted it but now I feel my son is going to grow up feeling different to his siblings as he’s the only one with the last name and no connection with his fathers family and it honestly makes me sad 😞 I just don’t want him to feel different as he already has a different dad and he doesn’t see him, I can’t contact the family as he always made sure I had no information to contact them, any advice would be extremely appreciated x
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