changing ds1 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

Is her DS's father named on the birth certificate - if so I would imagine he'd need to consent to name change, even more with adoption - need more information on her DS's father.

If both the child's parents have parental responsibility then his father would need to consent to a change of name. The father would definitely get a say when in comes to adoption.

I know a family where the son just goes by the family surname (he knows his 'real' surname that is on his documentation). His school were fine to use his chosen surname instead of his real one.

babys dads name not on bc ,he could not bother to go dd has full pr ,my gs fam only live 5 mins away but non of them bother with my gs

if he is not on birth certificate as father I think she can change surname
but if she still sees her dad etc, he does need to be told and even if not on birth certificate he could object whether he would get any where i don't know.

adoption well I think that's different even if DD is not with her ex you can not change history, new partner maybe her father is all ways but one and nothing can change that either, don't know enoygh about adoption laws

A friend of mine was trying to do this recently, she contacted her Citizens Advice Beureo and they gave her lots of info regardng what she could and couldn't do by law. She was not married to her ex but he was on the BC and as I recall that meant she could only change her sons name with her exes consent - which he refused to give.

Get in contact with your local C.A.B they can give you so much more info x

my gs dad is not on the bc and my dd has full pr.