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    My question involves name change laws in the State of: Mississippi. My boyfriend was dating a girl for only 3 months when she became pregnant. SHe immediately broke up with him and wouldnt allow him to come to the dr appts. The baby was born and she didnt give it his last name. In order to change the last name is a paternity test required? He is snowed and thinks its his of course but there is question. He doesnt want to request one in fear of her trying to keep the baby away so hes hoping it will just be required.

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    SHe immediately broke up with him and wouldnt allow him to come to the dr appts.
    As is her right. She was under no obligation to let ANYONE attend her doctor's appointments with her. Medical privacy is enshrined in law, and being the potential donor of half a fetus' genetic material is not enough to force violation of that.

    The baby was born and she didnt give it his last name.
    She didn't have to. She still doesn't have to. She can name the baby Tallulah Does The Hula From Hawaii, and no one can do a thing about it.

    In order to change the last name is a paternity test required?
    A paternity test to legally establish paternity is necessary before he can even think about asking the court to change the child's name.

    That's all he can do is ask, though. The court may say yes, it may say no.
    He is snowed and thinks its his of course but there is question. He doesnt want to request one in fear of her trying to keep the baby away so hes hoping it will just be required.
    Until he requests a paternity test to legally establish himself as the father, he has no right to see the child, and certainly no right to demand that it bear his last name. At this moment, and continuing until a paternity test shows him to be the biological father, he is a legal stranger to the child.

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    Quote Quoting LawResearcherMissy
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    As is her right. She was under no obligation to let ANYONE attend her doctor's appointments with her. Medical privacy is enshrined in law, and being the potential donor of half a fetus' genetic material is not enough to force violation of that.



    She didn't have to. She still doesn't have to. She can name the baby Tallulah Does The Hula From Hawaii, and no one can do a thing about it.



    A paternity test to legally establish paternity is necessary before he can even think about asking the court to change the child's name.

    That's all he can do is ask, though. The court may say yes, it may say no.


    Until he requests a paternity test to legally establish himself as the father, he has no right to see the child, and certainly no right to demand that it bear his last name. At this moment, and continuing until a paternity test shows him to be the biological father, he is a legal stranger to the child.
    The mother has agreed to change the babies name. If both agree is a paternity test still required to establish he is the father to change the name to his?

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    If both agree is a paternity test still required to establish he is the father to change the name to his?
    No. But it IS required to name him on the birth certificate as the father.

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