Query about changing a childs name

calender2008

Hai,

I just wanted to know if anyone can help me with this -

My son is 10 years old. when he was born we did not give him my husbands surname ...(not sure now why I did that )


Now I am expecting my second one in December, so I want both to have my husbands surname.

I have searched online about changing the name. I have seen that I will have to do this by deed poll. Is there any reliable site to do this, or is there any other option.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

DUTR

Bit scatty on the details, is your husband the child's father? If not does the father have parental rights? If so then you will have to seek his permission, if the husband is the father, then it should not pose any problem.

scottishchick27

http://www.ukdps.co.uk/. I used this one so that I'd have same surname as DD and OH.

michelle67

http://www.ukdps.co.uk/. i used this site also to change my daughters name

purple.sarah

Signing and swearing a statutory declaration is the easiest way of obtaining proof of a change of name that will satisfy official bodies. There is no lower age limit for swearing a statutory declaration with parental consent. This can be witnessed in a magistrates’ court

Here is some more information

"Changing a child’s name
Changing the name by statutory declaration
A statutory declaration is a formal statement showing a person’s intention to give up a name and take a new one. A statutory declaration provides evidence of a name change but does not change the name on a birth certificate. If you need to prove your child’s identity you will need to provide their birth certificate and the statutory declaration of name change. Birth certificates can only be changed in certain circumstances, see section on Changing a child's birth certificate.

If you change your child’s name by statutory declaration, the name can be changed again in future if necessary.

Most organisations will accept a statutory declaration as formal evidence of a name change and should amend their records to show your child’s new name. There are some occasions where a statutory declaration is not sufficient to change details on official documents like a passport or driving licence and a deed poll is required.

How do I get a statutory declaration?

You can write your own statutory declaration or a solicitor can draft one for you. The document has to be signed under oath in front of a solicitor or in a magistrates’ court. Solicitors usually charge for drafting and signing statutory declarations and courts charge a fee. Find out costs in advance.

If you are on a low income contact Community Legal Advice to find out if you are eligible for help with solicitor’s fees and ask the court for a fee exemption form.

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jackieb

You can just start calling him by your husband's name. You don't actually need to do anything. My eldest son is 27 and his passport, bank accounts and driving licence (everything in fact) are in a different name to his birth certificate, but i've never actually changed it by deed poll.

calender2008

thanks to all for the response.:beer:

@ DUTR - My husband is the father of my child.

I have requested forms from ukdps website.

Thanks to michelle67 & scottishchick27 for the website details.

@jackieb - I want to change his name in the passort too..so they will need some evidence for the name change.

Plans_all_plans

You don't need to do it by deed poll, you can change the info without going down this route. If I were you, I'd ring the registrar's office where you registered his birth and ask for advice as you can re-register the birth "as a natural child of the parent's marriage".

savagevixen

My son was registered with what I believed at the time was my (now husband's) boyfriends full surname. It was a foreign 4 word surname. I then discovered that it was not what my husband had on his birth certificate (he had been registered with just the first of these 4 names!!) and I had a different surname! I was fuming! And quite embarrassed! When he was 5 months I changed his name by deed poll. It cost me £25 in a solicitors office and took 5 minutes. When we married 2 years later, he automatically was able to have a new (full) birth certificate and be reregistered with his new (our married) name. This cost £6, the cost of the full birth certificate.
I would do the latter, as it is simpler and cheaper. It also means that instead of having papers proving his name has been changed, to send alongside a birth certificte, you would just have a full birth certificate with his new name. Much simpler for him in the future.

partan

easy to do it in scotland........ http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/regscot/change-of-name.html

ljbnotts

As plans_all_plans said the easiest way to do this is by reregistration upon marriage. From what i can see you meet all the requirements.
Have you now married the childs natural father? If yes, then contact your local register office for a form 14, reregistration upon marriage. You and your husband will need to fill out the forms and provide a copy of your marrige certificate (if you were married abroad, this may need to be sent to GRO for approval, which doesn't take long) and then either one of you will need to attend an appointmet at the register office. You will be able to change the childs name to your married name and a new copy of the birth certificate will be £3:50 (at the time of the reregistration).

Hope that helps,

LJB