Thanks for the response. My lawyer hasn't called back yet...last time i called her she basically told me to let the GAL do her thing and put the recommendation in. I'm just wondering what my chances are since the bio fater objected...I really don't know why he even cares because he never really sees our daughter and she wants nothing to do with him. I guess it's his control over me or something. Anyways, I'm hoping that the GAL recommends in favor of the name hyphenation. My daughter wants to feel like part of me and our nuclear family at our house. She's with us 99.9999% of the time too....just not sure if anyone had any ideas how the MA courts view this stuff even if the bio father objects.