My question involves name change laws in the State of: Missouri:
What are the legal steps to change a child's name including last name. Parents never married but Father's name is on the birth certificate and the child carries the father's last name. I want to change the childrens' last name to my last name (maiden) as well as their first names. Their father is in prison due to criminal charge/conviction I am the victim. How do I go about this? Does the father have to be involved at all?

