Changing Child's Surname

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Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice.

I split up with my OH in August. We weren't married.

I would like to change my DS's surname so it is my surname and not my ex's.

My Ex doesn't want me to do this.

I have my son living with me full time. My ex sees him every weekend. My ds is 18 months.

Can anyone let me know what my rights are about changing my son's name and how I would go about it?

Thank you to anyone who can help

Yes, yerblurt, and in the same post I also said "Of course, the key to this, as with the name change issue, is that all parties involved agree that granting the step-parent PR is a good thing." These agreements are clearly designed for use in situations where there is only one parent with PR (i.e. other parent is dead or completely out of the picture for some other reason) OR both parents agree that it would be a good idea for a step-parent to also have PR. Our situation was the latter. It is now the former. Either way, our route was not/is not through the courts.

I totally understand where you are coming from. I was not married to my childrens father and because they were both born prior to the law change I was able to change their surname to mine by deed poll legally without his consent. It was the best thing I ever did,m saved me a lot of embarassment and the au pair questions as you said. I feel for you being unable to do it, my ex would never have agreed to it either I only told him when it was all official.

Hang on in there my dd and ds are 10 & 6 yrs old now and neither want anything to do with their arse of a sperm doner, excuse my french but he doesn't deserve the title of their 'dad'.

It does get easier as they get older and form their own opinions. x