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hi everyone, i am Simon, i have 3 children with a lady i split up with 7 years ago, kids are 10, 8 & 7. Although living in different countries, due to my job, i have always had frequent contact with them, up intil i found a new partner. once this happened, she made it extremely hard to see them, but i approached mediation and came back to the Uk to sort it. it was ok for a while, but due to my financial situation i had to go back abroad. i was away for 6 months, while away this time, i called on several occasions, no answer, when back at christmas i called to arrange to pick them up and have 'our xmas' she told me to call later and the rest of the holiday her phone was switched off, i was gutted, we all were! so i returned to work and a different country, i have now just received an email from her brother in law asking me to sign a form giving permission for her to change the youngests name to hers, we were never married, i am not on the birth certificate of the two older children, but am on the youngests', they are saying that if i dont sign they will take the matter to court and win anyway... i am devastated about this and would appreciate any advice you can give to me, cheers
i can't comment much on your situation but there have been a number of similar topics in recent weeks/months in this section....do a quick search there may be something that will help get you a beter idea of your options.
Hi Jocham 🙂
I've provided you with a link to a leaflet put out by the CCLC all about changing a childs name.
www.childrenslegalcentre.com/index.php?page=changing_a_childs_surname
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