OK I live in Phoenix Arizona, I have a husband who is not the father of my unborn child, I don't want my baby to have his last name but I have been told by many of people that because I am married and I have changed my last name to his last name that means now my baby will have the same last name. Does anyone know what the law is here? do you know if the baby ends up having to have this last name when and how I can change that? Ok thanks.
2007-03-02 17:24:40 · 12 answers · asked by lovingmybabies2007 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I didn't cheat on my husband! We broke up and he is a dead beat dad that fathered my Daughter and now wants nothing to do with her!
My Boyfriend is a great guy and he wants to have this baby have his last name I just have not had the time to get a divorce from my EX!
2007-03-02 17:35:46 · update #1
you people have you're heads stuck up your butts!!!! Hello READ IT ALL OK!!!!
* my husband beat me
*MY husband drank, did drugs and screamed and yelled at me and my young daughter!
* I left him and he wanted that so he could drink more!!!!
* He doesn't help me with his child or even call me to see how my daughter is!
*** I want to get married to the father of my son but haven't had the time to get a divorce!
*** and I would love to have the choice to put any name on the birthc. BUT i have been told that in the STATE OF ARIZONA, If you are married you have no choice you have to put the husbands name as the babys name, I didn't want to put my life story online but it seems like a bunch of under age children want to play little name games and talk crap to people they have no clue who they are....now if you wanna know anything else about me just ask there is no need to think I am a big slut that lives off the state because I don't!
2007-03-02 17:57:23 · update #2
Curious--were you pregnant with this baby before you got married, or is this an out-of-wedlock child?
Either way, if the man you are married to now is willing to raise this child and care for, love, and support him as his own son, then he deserves for this child to have his name. How cruel it would be for him to constantly be reminded of your faithlessness! Despite the fact that this child will have a different father, your husband will be his DAD!
added: Well, if you had explained the situation more clearly the first time, you wouldn't have gotten so many answers like mine. This makes more sense now. We don't know you personally, so you might as well include all the details, or else you will be judged according to the story you give. If you want us to understand what is going on, be very specific in the beginning rather than getting all ticked off when people misunderstand you.
2007-03-02 17:34:55 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, I'm sorry that no body actually read & understood your question!! This may not be of any help because I'm not sure the laws in AZ, but I was in that same situation a couple of years ago ( I live in Texas though). Here if you are seperated from your husband, or haven't been divorced for more than 2 months & you have a child with some else, then the baby gets the last name of the man you are married to. I didn't find this out until I had just had the baby. There was a form that my husband had to sign saying he wasn't the father of my son, and then the father's name was put on the birth certificate. ** I would say call the hospital, ask for the records department and ask them what the law on that is AZ, they should have no problem letting you know what you need to do....good luck, and congrats on your pregnancy.
2007-03-02 17:58:05 · answer #2 · answered by dream29catcher 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not even going to ask why you would want to to things that way, but I believe the procedure for naming the baby begins when you sign the birth certificate. If the father is not present at the time, you can name the child anything you please. However, if you use the birth father's last name Child Support is going to become involved. I hope that helps, and good fortune to you and your son!
2007-03-02 17:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you give the child the fathers last name....he is the father.....
If the childs father isn't around, you might look into having your current husband adopt....
If the father is around, he should pay child support....and he will have visitation rights. He may not like the idea of you giving his child another mans name.
2007-03-02 17:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
List the real father on the birth certificate,
Then the child can have the real fathers last name.
2007-03-02 17:36:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have told your husband your feelings, you have muddied the waters for your son before he arrives. If you are married, it is assumed your husband is the father. Is it fair to have the child of another man and expect your husband to support you both. Don't be surprise if he solves your problem for you.
2007-03-02 17:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by maybelline512 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when your son have his biological father there when doing up the birth certificate write down his fatthers last name and then you both sign it does not matter if you have one last name or another a child technically gets the fathers last name anyways
2007-03-03 11:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by lawstudent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i am correct the baby can have the last name of his father.
2007-03-02 17:33:28 · answer #8 · answered by carriec 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your boyfriend can claim to be the father, all he has to do is be present at the birth and sign the birth record. congratulations
2007-03-02 17:49:27 · answer #9 · answered by jazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh... You're pretty messed up to be screwing around in your marriage and asking us for help insulting your husband.
2007-03-02 17:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by Nate 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋