Hi everyone I'm looking for some advice. My ds will be 16 soon and wants to change his surname. A bit of background is his dad's never been there for him or ever paid maintenance. He has 5 children by 4 women and only has contact with any of them through his parents. 1 of them has a court order. I never went to court as the relationship became abusive the minute I was pregnant and when I left he threatened and stalked me and I was too scared to go to the police or courts. So his parents stepped in so I didn't have to have contact with him. We've done this for 15 years now and he has never changed or tried to. Now my ds is older he's starting to have his own opinions, hates how his dad is, hates his surname and won't go anywhere with him on his own as he simply doesn't trust him. His dad won't allow him to double barrel his name so as to not get rid of his name just to add mine as ds requested and he wouldn't allow it. Now ds is turning 16 he really wants to change it. My questions are...how do we go about this? Does his dad need to know legally? As I know it will cause alot of problems. Does his name change on his birth certificate? And will he ever need to use his old name again or just go by the new one. I'm supporting my son in this it's completely his choice but can't help but worry about the repercussions. Thankyou
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GiltEdges ·
27/06/2022 13:26
Miracle29 · 27/06/2022 13:18
Thankyou for your reply and forgive my stupidness but what is enrolled deed poll?
If his name won't change on the birth certificate does that mean he would struggle to get passports, driving licence those sort of things as his name won't match the birth certificate thankyou again.
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