My question involves name change laws in the State of: hialeah,florida
hi, my daughter is going to be 6 years old, for sometime now i've been wanting to change her last name to mines, her real father as not been around her since she was 6mths old. other than that he wasnt there most of the time during the pregnancy and he was in jail when i gave birth to her, when he came out he was doing his robberies and not attending his daughter. until he got caught and they sentenced him to 10 years in prison. while he was in jail before getting transfered to prison i tried to keep in touch with him so he wont loose contact with his daughter and i would take her to see him, but she was too little to even know and he was to busy trying to get D$@Gs inside jail that he didnt really much talk to her when she would go, so i decided to stop taking her and never see him or talk to him again. ive been wanting to change her name but due to economy i couldnt cause of the cost. but now with my income tax im going to do it regardless of the matter i want her to have my last name and the middle name i always wanted not the middle name she as cause i cant stand it. he made me put it. please i need to know how much it would cost me completely for the name change of my daughter, i know he is going to say no, but i would also like to know even if he says no, would the judge grant the change without his permission? he as alot of crimes like robberies in homes while occupied alot of those, weapons, drugs, buying,carrying,thefts, violation of probation and many more things to write. i would like to know what are my chances that i get her last name change without a problem? as well as how long would all this take?