[mariesanders]

I am a single mom of two boys. Their father is not in their lives in any way and has not signed their birth certificate or anything like that, I don't even know how to find him. I am getting married soon and would love for my children to have the same last name as me. How do I go about doing this?

[creahands]

Have your new husband adopt them.

Chuck

[smoothy]

Usually by the new husband adopting them. Until that happens their birth father still has parental rights he might decide to exercise... unless those were taken away by the courts.