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The father is NOT involved in our lives, he does not pay child support, nor have any visitation. I tried to pursue child support initially and the judge said there needed to be an acknowledgment of paternity.
That is not true. But if you have not established paternity through marriage or an AOP, you need to file a paternity case in association with your effort to obtain child support.
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However, all of the paperwork I have seen to accomplish this requires that I provide an agreement from the father. If there is no father on the birth certificate I shouldn't have to provide this correct?
By statute:
Quote Quoting Texas Family Code, Sec. 101.024. Parent.
(a) "Parent" means the mother, a man presumed to be the father, a man legally determined to be the father, a man who has been adjudicated to be the father by a court of competent jurisdiction, a man who has acknowledged his paternity under applicable law, or an adoptive mother or father. Except as provided by Subsection (b), the term does not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated.

(b) For purposes of establishing, determining the terms of, modifying, or enforcing an order, a reference in this title to a parent includes a person ordered to pay child support under Section 154.001(a-1) or to provide medical support for a child.
Note that there is a difference between being an alleged father ("a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, the genetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not been determined") and being a presumed father. A presumed father falls under one of the categories set forth in Texas Code, Sec. 160.204. Your ex- probably doesn't fit the definition, but we lack the facts to be certain.

In terms of a petition to change the name of a minor child:
Quote Quoting Texas Family Code, Sec. 45.003. Citation.
(a) The following persons are entitled to citation in a suit under this subchapter:

(1) a parent of the child whose parental rights have not been terminated;

(2) any managing conservator of the child; and

(3) any guardian of the child.

(b) Citation must be issued and served in the same manner as under Chapter 102.
If you file your petition without identifying a father, the court may have any number of questions for you in relation to why a father has not been identified, and whether a father should have been served with notice of the proceeding. It's possible that the court would find your answers satisfactory, but it's also possible that the court will find that there are questions that remain unanswered and thus that it will be necessary for you to serve the alleged father with a copy of your petition before the name change will be permitted to proceed.

If it were me, I would serve the father under the assumption that he probably won't appear, and if he were to appear (assuming he doesn't qualify for a presumption of paternity) I would argue that he lacks standing to object to the petition. Unless the facts dictate that he's a presumed father, I would not identify him on the petition as the child's legal or presumed father, but would file proof of service with the court in advance of the proceedings in case notice became an issue. If he is entitled to a presumption of paternity, he has the right to be served with the petition and to object to the name change.

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Can I just turn in the forms with the birth certificate that shows no father listed as proof of termination of parental rights?
His rights have not been established. That's something entirely different from their having been terminated.