Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
Name Change
My son has a 10 year old daughter and he is not married to her mother. The mother married someone else and now she wants to change the daughter's last name to the new husband's name. My son sees no reason for this to happen. Now they told him they have the paperwork and all they need is for him to sign it. If he does not want to sign it then they will have to go to court. We think the husband is going to die as he is being treated with chemo for hepatitis C. We think they may be trying to get social security benefits for the daughter if he does die. What should my son do? They claim he will not lose any rights to her or visitation but we do not trust them.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Name Change
It is true that a name change does not change anything concerning rights to visitation or responsability of child support. It is just a name change. As for the benefits, it seems to me that it might be fraud if the step father hasn't been responsible for her support.
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