family, law, parental rights
2006-12-30 21:53:00 · 15 answers · asked by Raymond B 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
normally the child would have to be adopted by her new husband!
2006-12-30 22:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I divorced my husband and eventually remarried... I would NEVER, never change my son's last name to my new husband's last name... (as long as my son's real father WAS indeed still around). Honestly I think your ex-wife is making an absolutely horrible request, and it is my opinion that you should not let her follow through with it. Your daughter can change her name to anything she likes when she is legally old enough to do so... but for now, she is your daughter, and it is accepted in this society for a child to have the last name of her FATHER, unless otherwise stated on her birth certificate at her birth. There is no good reason why your ex would want to do this.
2006-12-30 23:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by KSmom24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not mean that you give up your rights, but there is no reason to alter your daughters' identity. Later in life they might think that you had given up on them.
Concentrate on what's best for the kids, not what's best for the adults (all of them). In this case, the main reason for doing this would seem to be to make things a little bit easier for your ex-wife's new husband. There is no reason for the name change. You know that your daughters will always be your daughters no matter what their last name is. If the new person on the scene cannot say the same thing, then there is no reason to agree to a name change to make him comfortable. If he can say the same thing, then there is also no need for a name change.
2006-12-30 22:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sincere Questioner 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you will not give up your rights, is your name on your daughters birth certificate? If the worse comes to the worse and she wont let you see your daughter all it would take is a simple DNA test, which can be done with a piece of your daughters hair or these days it is usually a cotton bud type wipe inside the mouth of yourself and your daughter. Allowing your daughter to change her name wouldn't affect your rights.
2006-12-30 21:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by Jovi Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your ex can change the child's name without you giving up parental rights. When My husband adopted my daughter we were given the choice of just changing her name or changing her birth certificate. To change her birth certificate (adoption) we had to get her father to give up all rights otherwise the only other option was to change her name and allow him to retain rights and remain on her birth records. That also meant he was still responsible for her support. Being the cheap SOB he was, he gave her up.
2006-12-30 22:04:12 · answer #5 · answered by T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in order for your ex to change the last name of your daughter,you will have to give up your parental rights,ounce the name is changed,it changes on the birth certificate,you will no longer be on the birth certificate
2006-12-30 22:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by schflng 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really need to speak with a family law attorney.
You do have rights. Don't sign anything, and show up for all court dates.
2006-12-30 22:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by Crispy_Frog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I would not allow my ex-wife to change my daughter's last name. Her last name shows that she is yours. Matter of fact, I do not believe that my ex-wife has dropped my last name. My mother is divorced from my father and she still has his last name and me and my sister still have his last name. My personal opinion would be to not let your ex change your daughter's last name, it changes who she really is.
2006-12-30 22:59:49 · answer #8 · answered by Chris H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, yet he wont have the skill to undertake him except the his rights are terminated by utilising the court docket or he concurs to sign away his rights so your husband can undertake him. States do no longer enable mothers and fathers to easily stroll faraway from their criminal duty, he can in simple terms sign away his rights no be counted if it is so yet somebody else can undertake him. The court docket is in simple terms going to terminate his rights in the event that they deem him no longer worth. no longer seeing his son would not make him no longer worth, it makes him a foul confirm yet no longer truly no longer worth. The court docket shouldn't care who will pay the youngster help, as long as that's paid. newborn help nonetheless, truly has no longer something to do with visitation or parental rights. Your sons father could desire to get visitation if he wanted whether he there grow to be no newborn help paid. newborn help is for the complication-unfastened desires of the youngster (nutrition, outfits, seem after) its no longer for cost of visits. you are able to petition the court docket for a popularity substitute devoid of adoption and devoid of terminating parental rights of his organic and organic father, yet his organic and organic father might desire to consent to it. That would not substitute custody or newborn help. There are some states that if the non-custodial confirm would not pay any newborn help and would not see the youngster for a collection quantity of time (usually +2 years) its seen abandonment and that they are able to have their rights terminated this manner. besides the undeniable fact that, on your case your son looks to have a relationship along with his grandparents a minimum of and doing it thise way, might harm your son.
2016-10-28 19:29:21 · answer #9 · answered by bason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I wouldn't do it. I would never ask my ex to change our daughters last name, unless of course he hadn't seen her in years....
2006-12-30 21:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by ?only?me? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋