I agree and I'm certainly not telling her not to do it- only my own experience in the matter.
My thing is, I wish I had fought a little harder - maybe gotten an attorney involved, and had someone else fight it for me.
I just find the laws about name change to be antiquated and outdated. There are a lot of kids out there carrying a family name of a family they don't even know. I don't think that's right.
So for the OP- get an atty if you don't want it changed and FIGHT IT.
My thing is, I wish I had fought a little harder - maybe gotten an attorney involved, and had someone else fight it for me.
I just find the laws about name change to be antiquated and outdated. There are a lot of kids out there carrying a family name of a family they don't even know. I don't think that's right.
So for the OP- get an atty if you don't want it changed and FIGHT IT.