Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

Re: no contact in 6 months

Yes, you can petition the court but it sounds like you have de facto full custody.

Partial custody or visitation is a right not a duty. That is dad can choose to exercise it or not.

He has an obligation to pay support as long as his parental rights have not been terminated. The only way those can be terminated is if there is a pending adoption.

As for changing your son's name that's a different matter. You would have to petition the court to change his name.

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{John}