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Hi
Is it illegal to 'knowingly' use a different name for the child such as leaving out the paternal surname on a hyphonated name? My ex has registered our daughter at her local GP with just her surname, which is making it very difficult to access my daughters medical records as the registered name doesn't match the birth certificate i provided!!!
Thanks
Hi,
Is there a residence order in place? If so, this prevents anyone changing a child's surname without the consent of all those with parental responsibility. Assuming that the hyphenated name is the one on the birth certificate, then leaving out the your name is changing her name.
I have PR and my name is on the birth certificate. The reason I asked is because I am currently having difficulties access my daughters medical records, as the doctors practice which my daughter is registered with pointed out that the surname on their system doesn’t match that on the birth certificate.
Hi Kieran
Hopefully the Childrens Legal Centre will pick this up - I'm not sure what the position is where there isn't a Residence order in place.
Hi,
So I received a phone call from the local health authority telling me that my ex has refused to give consent on my daughters name being corrected!!!!! This has really confused me, i am asking for her name to be corrected. As the lady who phoned me was only passing on the message for her colleague i was told i should ring back tomorrow to speak to the lady who is dealing with this matter. If possible want to know what the law states on this, i am asking for the surname to be corrected and not changed. I have proven this to them by sending the birth certificate so why are they unable to do this without the ex's consent? Also i was told that if i wanted to be kept updated i would be charged an admin fee for every letter that is sent to me!!!
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Best advice I can give now is to ring the Children's Legal Centre ahead of speaking to social servicers - there is a link on the website
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