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burka
My question involves name change laws in the State of: TN
I am not sure if this question goes in this forum, but it's the closest one I could find for it.
For this, I will use made-up names as examples:
My last name before I was married was Henderson.
My husband's last name is George.
When we married, I tacked his name onto mine, and made my *legal* last name Henderson George (with no hyphen).
No, Henderson is not my middle name, but the first part of my last name. (This is the way I arranged it at the social security office when I married.)
My husband and I are divorcing. He objects to having my name in the baby's name at all. But as the patient at the hospital, I will be the one given the birth certificate and my name (as is currently is) will be on all the baby's paperwork. What will happen if I put the baby's last name like mine is (Henderson George) on the birth certificate? Will he be able to get my name taken out of there later in court? Or can he refuse to sign the birth certificate if I put the baby's name like that?
(I feel like we're equal parents so we should get equal naming rights. I'm not taking his name off, I just want mine in there too. He feels as though he can simply tell me I'm not allowed to do this, so that is why I'm asking.)