I frequently receive questions from people regarding their family law issues. The following is a question which the inquirer agreed may be publicly revealed, and my answer to the question:
QUESTION: Can a name change affect child custody? If you change the last name of your child to your own, can the other parent still obtain custody and also does that affect child support in any way?
ANSWER: Changing a child's name is a legal process involving Court proceedings which require that you give notice to interested people, including your child's other parent, who can contest your request, and you aren't guaranteed a name change if the other parent contests the action.
Whatever the child's name is, or is changed to, does not affect the other parent's rights and responsibilities, or yours, or your child's rights, i.e., it does not affect custody rights, support rights, the right of your child to inherit, etc. A name change is simply a name change, nothing more.
This educational blog is brought to you by DONALD F. CONVISER, a Los Angeles Certified Family Law Specalist, owner of Warner Center Law Offices in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, an effective and aggressive Los Angeles Family Law Attorney serving clients in the courts of Los Angeles and Ventura County for over 35 years, offering a free confidential consultation regarding your divorce or family law issues, at 818/880-8990, www.conviser.net
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