Child's name

[Rosieeee]

Hiya,
Wondering if someone would know I split with my partner over a year ago.. my son has his last name i was just wondering if I would be able to put my last name on his birth certificate? Or if anyone's done this how easy was it to do? Any advice would be great.

You need your exes agreement.

I hope he does agree.

Unfortunately by giving your child your exes name on his birth certificate you now cannot give your own child your own name as an additional name without his agreement.

Oh, I think you can go to court to prove extreme reasons why you would need to do this if he simply does not agree.

@DivisionBelle Oh Ok so with his agreement we can just go down there and would be quite easy to put my name on his birth certificate x

Is this an older child or a young baby/not yet born baby?

Have you ever been married to your ex and if so are you divorced now or were you never married?

If you mean a baby ad the birth isn't yet registered you can use any surname you wish. Don't saddle your baby with your ex's name - give him your own. You can choose to either name your ex as requested father on the birth certificate or you can choose to leave the father space blank.

Leaving the father space blank doesn't stop your ex from having an obligation to support his child and naming him doesn't force him to have that obligation if he disputes paternity but a court can order a paternity test.

If it's an older child and the ex is already named as father then you will need the ex's agreement to change it retrospectively.

Hi,
I believe you can change your child’s name after 6 months after you registered it. It’s worth doing if his left and you are the one doing everything.

My son is 2 Me and my ex split up over a year ago and he hasn't really been in his life he doesn't give me no money he sees him for a few hours on a Sunday but that when he can be bothered!
My family have been saying to get my name on the birth certificate just didn't know if I could? Or how easy it would be? X

I don’t think you can change his surname on the birth certificate now, only change by deed poll, with exes agreement.

The Gov.UK website tells you what to do and provides the forms to fill in. And tells you where to send them. Look on the website, search Change your name by Deed Poll and look under ‘change a child’s name’.

But the father will have to agree.

You could have given the child your name or both names at birth, but once the birth certificate is signed, and if tne father is named it takes his consent to make a change.

Yes it will be by deed poll now sadly because of his age. You will need the father to agree to it as if he is around still. Unless you say he isn’t and you have no idea of his location, workplace or address.