My question involves name change laws in the State of: Kansas
I have a 7 month old daughter. While in the hospital I debated on which last name to give her, either mine or her father's. I hyphenated the last names (his last name-my last name). He moved to another state so he has not seen her only from pictures that he has received from his sister. After I ended the relationship and was still pregnant, he had made several threats about killing me whether I was pregnant or not he did not care.
Fast forwarding, he was still threatening and harassing while I was in the hospital and even after coming home. So I filed a PFA and was granted the order of protection.Even after he was served, he continued to make threats, calling, texting and more recently has started to contact my friends through social media. I have him blocked from all my social media accounts. I have not blocked his number because when I go to file for another PFA I want to use the texts as evidence.
Anyways, I am now at the point to where I want to change my daughter's last name by removing his name. Do I need to have his consent to do this even remove his name even though he never signed the birth certificate?

