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Keb2127
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Changing last name
Keb2127
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Does anyone know the procedure/cost to change my DS's last name. I really want to change it to mine since his father and I are no longer together and we are never going to get back together. I also don't know how to tell his father that I am changing it....HELP!!!!
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Re: Changing last name
I am going to start the process of changing Cadance's last name. I live in Ohio and this is what I found out...how they do it here...You might want to call your local probate court and see if it is the same.
I have to go to Probate Court and pick up a packet and fill that out. I have to run an ad in our local paper. Then Probate Court needs a copy to set up a court date. He will be sent a registered letter stating my intent with the court date. Now changing her last name WILL NOT release him from his responsibility to pay child support (which I am not getting anyway but it is still being racked up, the amount he owes me is over $3000. right now. Good luck to you! It will be $$ well spent!
Well, from everything I've read so far I think in my state it's the mom's choice if you're not married.
Well, from everything I've read so far I think in my state it's the mom's choice if you're not married. Does anyone in Illinois know about this?
I'm not sure about in Illinois but here in Kansas you have to have permission from the father to have the last name changed once it is on the birth certificate. A friend of mine wanted to have her daughters last name changed and this was the only way.
Don't know about Illinois but in Georgia it is the mom's choice even if the couple is married. That is how I got to put my last name (never took his name when we got married) even though we aren't divorced yet.