My question involves name change laws in the State of: LA
I have a 3 year old with my ex-boyfriend (we were never married). We seperated last year and went to court in November over custody of my son, I was granted sole custody. He is suppose to pay child support and it was suppose to start in June (when I filed papers), needless to say he hasn't paid anything nor have we heard from him since court. I even had our son call him several times and left messages and he never called him back. My question is how long do I have to wait before I can petition the court for a name change...my son has his last name and yes he is on the birth certificate. Everyone knows my son by my last name. My son will be starting school soon so I would like to know what I need to do to possibly have this done before then. Thanks!

