At 18 you are now an adult and don't need to be emancipat
In the US, at 18, you are automatically emancipated. You're not required to change your name.
No, unless the biological father or the child himself requests it.
Yes, a father can change his child's last name. However, this depends on the custody arrangement, and who has primary custody.
Yes, but do this through the courts.
NO. In most states the father of the child must be present at the time of birth to sign the birth certificate as the father of the child. It could, in reality, be any man who would be willing to take legal responsibility for the unborn child. A child will only automatically get the father's name if the two parents are married. Even if the father pays child support, the mother is not obigated to change the child's last name to that of the father.
yah i think so how old is the child?
I gave my son my last name. Now the father wants me to change the last name to his. Can the court require me to do change it?
No, unless the biological father or the child himself requests it.
Not unless he is the legal guardian.
no
Yes, a father can change his child's last name. However, this depends on the custody arrangement, and who has primary custody.
You don't if you're an adult.
Yes, but do this through the courts.
You will have to go through the court if you want to change your 3 year old child's last name. This is true even if the father has nothing to do with your son.
It depends on who has custody of the child. If you have complete custody then you do not legally have to change it.
If you are unmarried and the father of your child wants nothing to do with the baby then you can give the baby your last name and be sure to register your baby's full name (including the surname ... last name.)
yes, i believe so. If the father gives permission for the child to change the last name.
The custodial parent can change the child's name to anything she wishes.