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Altering son's surname
I have a friend who wants to alter her son's surname (he has her surname and she wants to add her partner's surname to the beginning of it so that both of her children have the same surname). Her son's father is named on the birth certificate but the son does not have his surname, just her's. How would she go about doing this? Thanks (the dad is a real piece of work and will prove to be as awkward as possible at every turn.)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My Mum changed my name informally when I was 3 or 4 as she met a new partner (who she is finally marrying after 34 years together this year!). It was not a problem all through growing up (although in those days I was probably on my Mum's passport for travelling) but I did need to show my birth certificate when I took my GCSEs and at that point had the choice to keep my "known as" name or revert to my birth name. As it happens I reverted to my birth name.
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