I have 3 children the father has no contact has not done so since we split 3/ half years ago has a history of vilence where we had to get a non-molastion order from court and gave job up to do cash in hand so did'nt have to pay c,s,m

Changing a child's legal name is a legal process. Generally you would still need to get the permission of the father unless his rights have been terminated.

However, a person can use any name they want as long as there is no intent to defraud.

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Changing a child's legal name is a legal process. Generally you would still need to get the permission of the father unless his rights have been terminated.

However, a person can use any name they want as long as there is no intent to defraud.

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I no but ime due to marry next year an my old'st son has already put his second name down as my in the name of my fella and was up set when the teacher told him that wer'nt his name so we we'r woundering if we could change there name propley, there real father did ask to see the once but was told by social service's that it was in the best interest of the children 2 stop any spro contact because of the effect it had on my old'st

Some school districts require using the legal name, some don't, some require it only for some things. If you tell the school district that you want them to use a specific last name whenever possible, they should comply.

But to do it right you need to go through a legal process.

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Originally Posted by jelly baby

i no but ime due to marry next year an my old'st son has already put his second name down as my in the name of my fella and was up set when the teacher told him that wer'nt his name so we we'r woundering if we could change there name propley, there real father did ask to see the once but was told by social service's that it was in the best intrest of the children 2 stop any spro contact becouse of the effect it had on my old'st

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Using plain english usually garners a better response as its much easier to figure out what's going on. Save the texting for your phone please.