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Believermom
My question involves name change laws in the State of: Texas
My son's biological father left when he was 10 months old and moved to Florida. I had to file for child support to get Child Care benefits so that I could work to support us. We have been to take a couple of paternity test but as far as I know his biological father never took the Florida Court ordered blood test. I have never received any documentation that child support or paternity was determined and have not pursued it because he was a confessed drug addict.I spoke with him about a year ago and he said he had never been to court but recieved papers a few years back for a court ordered blood test. Last I spoke with his mother she did not know where he was at since he left his 3rd rehabilitation in the past 4 years. My son's biological father's name is not on his birth certificate because he put down the wrong Social Security number on the paperwork however he does have his last name. The man I just married has been the only father my son has know. He started helping me take care of him when he was two. I want to legally change my son's last name when I go to the Social Security office to legally change mine to my husbands. Can I do this since his biological fathers legal rights have never actually been determined?