Minor Name Change in Connecticut
My question involves name change laws in the State of: Connecticut
My 10 year old son is named after his father.For the past few years he has been asking for his name to be changed.I didn't realize how important it was to him,until the other day when he broke down crying.His father has a 20 something year history of drug abuse and incarceration and everything my son reads and learns associated with that particular last name has not been encouraging for him.He feels like it will bring him nothing but problems.Not to mention on occasion I have discovered his father trying to use my sons social security number to benefit himself in illegal matters.Three times I was called down to the state dept.accused of fraud. It was finally fixed but left me very angry.I have told his father how my son feels.He uses manipulation on my son by telling him that he is the last boy born with the last name.He has two other sons but,only one of them also has his last name and he is an adult and does not acknowledge him.My son is really torn up about this and I want to make it right.My questions is,can I change my sons name without his fathers permission.Also his name is not on my son birth certificate