Originally Posted by
ScaredSingleMum
If he is not on her birth certificate. You can change her name. If he is on the birth certifcate, he needs to agree and sign. I want to change my sons last name. But can't because i was so stupid and put his father on there. I contacted Births Deaths & Marriages about this. Thats what they said.
Thank you for wanting to help our members. However, there is a standard for the legal forums that answers have to comply with statutory law. Since laws vary by area what applies in your area may not apply everywhere. However, in this case you were misinformed or misunderstood what you were told.
As far as I'm aware, in all US states, a birth certificate is a legal document. Changes cannot be made to a birth certificate (though corrections of fact may be made) without a court order. For example a misspelling could be corrected, but a full name change can't. And a court will require that both parents agree to the change, which means, even if left off the birth certificate the father will have to be identified and give permission.