applexbean
Junior Member
My daughter's father and I were never married, but I agreed, against my better judgment, to give her his last name on the birth certificate. (We'll say it's Smith.) I am now married to another man and have other children, who share the last name as myself. (We'll say it's Jones.) My daughter is the only one in my immediate family without this same last name and I often worry that she will feel excluded, made fun of in school, etc.
Would I be able to change her name to Jones-Smith? Would I need her father's consent?
*Please note, this has nothing to do with hatred/resentment toward my ex. I simply do not want my daughter to go through what I had to as a kid when my mother remarried.
Would I be able to change her name to Jones-Smith? Would I need her father's consent?
*Please note, this has nothing to do with hatred/resentment toward my ex. I simply do not want my daughter to go through what I had to as a kid when my mother remarried.
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