If he is married to the child's mother the decision is theirs to make, but if he is not married to her the mother decides the child's last name.
No
It isn't the birth father, no one will ever change the childs birth father, but he will legally be the step father,until the divorce comes through.
NO.
A childs mother must file a petition for child support in the local family court.
Yes, unless it is owed to the State as reimbursement for assistance furnished to the child[ren].
When a child is born out of wed lock.is the child last would be the mothers or the fathers last name? fathers name
According to the common law name change (in Massachusetts), if the mother is unmarried, she has say over the child's name. The father can try of course, but I don't believe he can force the mother to change her child's name. I am sure it may also depend on whether the father signed the birth certificate or not.
You indicate they have "Contact", but what is the status of Custody? If the Father has visitation, partial or shared custody, legal& or physical....No, you cannot change the Surname of the child without the Fathers explicit consent!!
Graeme Russell has written: 'The changing role of fathers' -- subject(s): Fathers, Father and child, Child rearing, Family
Sometimes depending on the father's parents.
Yes, but father can challenge.
Nonexistent, since my father doesn't HAVE a brother.However, hypothetically speaking, my father's brother's child would be my first cousin.