Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

If you have a child out of wedlock and you and the father are no longer together can you have your child lady name changed to the mothers maiden name the child is under 2


Asked on 1/14/15, 11:39 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Tahira Piraino Tahira P. Piraino

Did the father sign the acknowledgment of paternity form and legitimation provision at the hospital? It takes a court order to change a birth certificate. Unless the father has abandoned the child for the specified number of years, you have to get his consent.

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Answered on 1/14/15, 2:26 pm


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