Ok, im having a baby and me and my fiance are not married as of yet, But we will not be getting married for about another yr or two. When ever we can afford it.
When i have the baby does the baby get my last name cuz we are not married or does he / she get his last name? What did you do is this same case here?
2007-07-20 05:44:02 · 18 answers · asked by highly worried 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
my (now) husband and i had our son three and a half years before we got married, and we gave our son his last name from the day he was born. thats what it would have been had we been married at the time, and thats what it would have been changed to once we did get married, so we kept it simple for everyone. unless you are planning to hyphenate your name once your married, or want the baby to have your last name or to hyphenate the two, just give him the last name you want it to be in the long run.
2007-07-20 05:54:03 · answer #1 · answered by A K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister got married a few years ago. Cost only $80. What is your problem? If you are holding out for a wedding, I think you have your priorities skewed.
Given that there is no guarantee that you will even get married between now and 2 years from now, I'd stick with your last name. Once you get married, it's a simple task to modify the birth certificate with his last name.
I'm sorry to sound so harsh, but there are just so many naive women out there that throw out the word 'fiance' and the guy walks out often before the baby even arrives.
2007-07-20 06:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are certain you are getting married and are planning on taking your fiance's name, then use your fiance's name for the child. If you are certain you are getting married and are not planning on taking his name, it's your call. You can give the child your name, or his name, or hyphenate. If you are not certain you will be getting married, or don't want the child to take his name for whatever reason, give the child your name.
And keep in mind that you can always change the child's name, particularly while s/he is still young and doesn't know what their last name is anyway. If you are getting married in the next 2 years, you can give the child your name, and change his/her name when you get yours changed when you get married. The baby won't know the difference.
2007-07-20 05:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by Erin W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby probably get your last name because you and your fiance are going to get married in only a year or two, thats not that long.
2007-07-20 05:48:09 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may put either name as you choose on the birth certificate.
If in the future you want the baby to have the family name, put the last name you intend to have after you marry. It's a lot of trouble to change it later.
2007-07-20 05:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave the baby his name.We ended up not getting married but he is still responsible for child support and I didn't have to go through a bunch of paper work and court dates because his name is on the birth certificate.My sister did the same only she married him and they are very happy together.If you do marry later you will not have to change the baby's name.It's your choice- but legally- I would choose his name now.
2007-07-20 05:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by dymond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband and i were not married when our daughter was born but she still had his last name. when the baby is born the hospital has a records office they come in with all the necessary paper work to register your child's birth certificate. at this time you fill in all the mother, father and child's information, with the last name that you wish to give the child. if the last name is different than yours, the father goes to the record office at the hospital and signs a legal paper that says he is certain that he is the father and yes the child can have his last name. the whole procedure for my husband was about 10 minutes.
2007-07-20 05:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by princess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im in the same situation as you are.. im 38 weeks and me and my fiancee arent getting married for another 2 years or so.. however we did decide to give the baby his last name.. we figure if were getting married later on why go through the whole expensive prosess of name change..
2007-07-20 15:32:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters were my last name and my sons were there dad's. 2 different dad's. First 3 with my ex-husband but we didn't get married till we had our 3rd (son). Then my fiance and I planned our son (my 4th) and we broke up and he changed his name from my last name to his legally which really upset me because the court decided that he should have a man's name over mine. Are we archaic? 40% of children last year were born to single mom's. Apparently my judge thought I didn't have rights to the name. My grandfather prob. turned over in his grave.
2007-07-20 05:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by echo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby can have the last name of your choice. My friend had twins, wasn't married, and her girls got the father's last name. I'm not married and when my son is born in september he will get my last name and his father's last name with a hyphenate.
so, the choice is yours
2007-07-20 05:48:05 · answer #10 · answered by Xander and Marie's Mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋