Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: name change

There are of course two different ways to go about this. You can adopt the child or you can do a legal name change.

In either case the biological has to be notified (if you know where he is). Depending on how much is required in locating and notifying the bio-father, and whether he contests the proceedings, and attorney should be able to draft the documents and handle the whole situation pretty simply.

If you do not know where the biological father is you may able to facilitate your goal by publishing a notice in the paper where he was last known to live.