My question involves name change laws in the State of: California.
Hello everyone, this is my first post here so I apologize if I don't know the ways around this website. I've posted this because I am curious about the changing of a child's surname when the father is deceased. A friend of mine has a nephew and the father of this child is deceased unfortunately. The mother of said child is looking to change the child's surname despite the verbal opposition of the fathers side of the family. Is there any legal action this family can take to oppose the name change despite the death of the child's father?

