Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon

Re: Childs Name

YOUR POSTING:

When my daughter was born her father was not around so I gave her my maid/en name. We went to court and the judge ordered me to change her last name to his. * * * My question is can I add his last name to her current name or do I have to change it to only his name?

MY RESPONSE:

You have to obey the court's order. The judge ordered that the child's last name be CHANGED to that of the child's father. The judge did NOT order that the father's last name be ADDED to the child's current name.

If the judge wanted the father's last name to be added to the child's current name, the judge would have so ordered. But it appears from what you have described that that was not what the judge did.

LDG

change her last name to his