my gs last name

[ilovesprouts]

hi my dd1 has a little boy who will be 2 in may ,shes due a new baby in july to her new partner can he adopt him as his own or can my dd change his last name like the new babys last name any advice

[ItWasThePenguins]

As far as i know he can adopt quite easily with dads permission. Else changing name is easy anyway.

[ilovesprouts]

the babys dad not botherd about his son not seen him for well over a year ,never bought him anything [dd1 dont want owt from him] he calls her new bf daddy

[purpleroses]

I think the name change and the adoption are two separate things. The father would have to sign away all rights to his son for the adoption, but not just for a name change.

Something less final than adoption that your daughter could consider would be applying for parental responsibility for her DP. This would give him many of the rights of a parent (eg he could take DS to the doctors, etc) but without removing them from his actual father (they would both have parental responsibility). This might be better for her if she wanted to leave the door open for his father to get back involved in his life in the future. And it might be an option she could consider if her ex objected to the adoption.

[ilovesprouts]

hes not botherd about his son anyhow

[cuddlymanatee]

Unfortunately it doesn't follow that the bio father will agree to the adoption as he's not supporting or seeing his child - in my experience 'not bothered' absent parents are often obstructive to this sort of thing.

It's much simpler to change your grandson's surname and get PR for the partner - though adoption can happen (it's complicated though and iirc involves your daughter adopting her own child).