Changing name

[ava1298]

Hi, I am just looking for some advice. My partner currently going through court proceedings to be able to have contact with his daughter. At the moment he gets 3 monthly updates via email. On his latest update he was sent a school report and noticed that his daughter’s last name had been changed to her mother’s married name. This has been done without his permission. Hes on the birth certificate so his consent should have been given, which it wasn’t. I would just like to know where he could go from here?

I think names can be changed by usage.

Clearly not a nice move on her part but there needs to be a discussion.

I work in schools and children often have ‘preferred name’ listed, it may be that no legal name change has been made but mums maiden name is the name child has chosen to go by

What about on child maintenance paperwork?

It sounds as though they are using a preferred name rather than having changed the Child's name legally.

It won't affect Child Maintenance which is payable whether or not you see the Child or what name they choose to use.

Has your DP got a hearing coming up?

And I mean this kindly, if he's only allowed contact via email, I'd urge you to ask for a disclosure under Claire's Law, just so that you can be confident that he hasn't got a history of violence

I meant that it’s been changed on child maintenance, isn’t this a legal document?

I know the history :)

I changed my little boys middle name on his birth certificate. It was ridiculously easy, I was never asked for even proof of my own ID or my husbands consent or any ID for him. I could have been anyone, it's quite scary actually I just went in, gave my sons name and DOB, filled in the form and picked the new birth certificate up the next day. My husband and I had both agreed to the change so it didn't matter, but it did shock me how little they checked