My question involves name change laws in the State of: Arkansas or Mississippi (i'm confused on where this will have to take place the custody issues where done in Mississippi where she was born and her father and I were divorced but she is a resident of Arkansas now). My question is my daughter is in the 3rd grade she is 8 fixing to turn 9 and she wants to change her name to her step fathers last name. She doesn't know her biological father. He hasn't been around since she was 2 and he pays child support whenever he is about to go to jail for back child support. But anywho this is a matter of her wanting this her step father told her this is something to not take lightly and he is on board as long as she is. But I have no idea where her biological father is and he is off the radar with the child support office as of May 2015. When can she do this herself at what age. Or can we do it now.

