My question involves name change laws in the State of: GA. Why must a child carry the husbands name even if he is not the father nor does his name appear on the bc. no name is listed.?
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Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
My question involves name change laws in the State of: GA. Why must a child carry the husbands name even if he is not the father nor does his name appear on the bc. no name is listed.?
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Re: Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
If the child is born within the marriage then the husband is legally the father, that is why the child must carry the husband's last name.Quoting what?why.noway
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Re: Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
Yeap, what Tigi said.
Are there more details to this situation OP, or are you asking in a general sense?
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Re: Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
Must depend on the state you live in, because up here, your child can have any last name that you desire as long as the name isn't in dispute. Doesn't matter what the parent surnames are.
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Re: Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
I think it's safe to assume that hubby and wifey are not in agreement in this situation
Yep, such things are usually state-specific. Georgia is a little odd about paternity to begin with (and I say that with no negative connotation whatsoever).
What's funnier (to me) though is the number of people who seem to believe that giving the child Unmarried Dad's last name means that Unmarried Dad is automatically required to pay child support....
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise - Victor Hugo
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Re: Why Does a Child Get the Husband's Name
You would think that in the UNITED states, they would at least ATTEMPT to make the laws somewhat uniform, KWIM???
I get you on the giving baby dad's last name v. c/s. How long do you figure before DNA tests become one of the 'normal' newborn tests? Sure would cut down on the number of he said/she said cases for paternity.
The whole 'name' thing baffles me though.... who cares what baby's surname is as long as the parents are correctly identified on the bc???
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