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    Default How To Change My Daughter's Last Name

    Hello. I have a question. For a while now I have been wanting to change my daughter's last name (from her deadbeat father's last name) to my maiden last name. She is only three and does not know her last name. She thinks that it is mines. I live in Florida and wanted to know if it is too late for me to change her last name. The last time her father saw her was march 30, 2006. Do I have a right has her mother to change it? Her father and I were never married.

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    Default Re: want to change my daughter's last name

    You will need her father's consent.

    If you do not know where he is or have tried to contact him with no success, a court may order you to place a public notifcation in the newspaper. If he does not respond, it is up to the court to decide if the name change will be granted.

    You cannot just change her name on your own.

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    Default Re: How To Change My Daughter's Last Name

    Okay. I have the forms that I need to fill out through the courts. I know where he lives but I don't know if he is going to get it. I have sent him letters in the past with no response. But thank you for the information

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    Default Re: How To Change My Daughter's Last Name

    Have you sent them certified? You need to have proof that he has recieved them. Even if he doesn't respond, you have done your part to involve him.

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    Default Re: How To Change My Daughter's Last Name

    Yes I sent them certified and I know who signed for them also.

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