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    Default Changing My Baby's Last Name

    My ex and I had a baby, we lived 6 months together when we found out I was pregnant. At first he had a job but after I got a job of my own he got fired and never bothered to work again, I was the one supporting us, he would get jobs but very short lived (a week at most), he hit me on a regular basis, he has a drug problem and an anger management problem. I moved out of our apartment one night after a very severe beating, I moved with a friend of mine. The baby was born in MArch and he gave him his last name. We never got anything from him after the baby was born, just a box of diapers and $ 20. We were reconciling when we had a violent encounter again, this time he assaulted his mother and sister for defending me and left the house with a knife after I had left. I filed a restraining order and haven't seen him or heard from him. He tried to break into my friend's house (I'd just moved out) and a police report was filed. He hasn't seen the baby or tried to have any kind of contact. I want to take his hast name off the birth certificate, what do I need to do and, could I win a case in court??
    The baby is 8 months old and we live in Tennessee.

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    Default Re: Changing My Baby's Last Name

    You don't get to delegitimize your child just because you don't like the father any more. If he's the biological father, he will remain on the birth certificate.

    If you want to change the child's name and he won't consent, you have to file a petition in court and convince a judge that the name change is in the child's best interest.

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