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birth certificate

My daughter was in a long term relationship,and had a baby,when signing the birth certificate,she put fathers 2nd name as hers,they have now split,and no longer in contact,is. This legal,,ot has she broke the law

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  • rosie-lee
    rosie-lee Posts: 1,134 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 21 January 2013 at 10:24PM
    Just to clarify...

    Are you querying the baby's surname? Or the surname that the mother gave?

    Please don't worry, unless for fraudulent purposes, using another name is not illegal in England & Wales.

    If you can be more specific, I will try to advise
  • bryanb
    bryanb Posts: 5,034 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    A person can change their name at any time without formality. They can also change it back. So long as she didn't do it in order to deceive she hasn't broken any laws.
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • colin13
    colin13 Posts: 1,007 Forumite
    Surname my daughter gave as hers,she is happy to keep surname of child,
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