I was advised by an attorney to establish Paternity because we were never married. This is how they doing doing out of wedlock custody arrangements here in Florida. There had to be a court case established in order to continue pursuing joint custody. Unless there is court ordered custody arrangements, just because the Father is on the birth certificate, that doesn't mean he has joint custody or guaranteed time with the child. My son's mother tried to limit my time with my son or wouldn't show up or would show up a day early to pick him up because she felt like it. I was being taken advantage of because there was no joint custody arrangements.

My question was, is the evidence and documentation that I have good enough cause to convince the courts to change his name. Not how do I pursue a name change.