Changing daughters surname

My daughter is 14 months old, and she has the same surname as me. Her father isn't on her birth certificate, and doesn't have parentel responsibility.
He was having contact with her for once a week, up untill the beginning of August, when he just stopped coming.
I want to change her surname from mine, to my new partners.
Can i legally do this without my ex knowing, and without having to ask for permission?

Why??

GH

Why what? Why do I wish for my daughters surname to be changed to my new partners?
If thats the question your asking, then it is because me and my partner plan to get married in the future. When we do get married, I would like it for us all to have to same name. I would like to do it now while she is young, so she doesn't have to learn the name she has now, and then to change it when shes older.

AnnoyedMummy wrote:

My daughter is 14 months old, and she has the same surname as me. Her father isn't on her birth certificate, and doesn't have parentel responsibility.
He was having contact with her for once a week, up untill the beginning of August, when he just stopped coming.
I want to change her surname from mine, to my new partners.
Can i legally do this without my ex knowing, and without having to ask for permission?

Yes.

I imagine that if you tried your hardest, it would easily be able for you to eliminate the Father from this poor child's life at this stage and with your lies.

Just think about the future for 5 minutes and think about what you are going to do to this innocent child FCS.

If you were pregnant and having a child from this new fella, I might be able to understand a bit but, to change the name from your's to this new partner's is extreme and smacks of desperation to form a new family unit.

Think on...

don't know if you can AM but would think very hard about this and not do anything rash.
not judging you just would hate that you did something in a hurry without taking professional advice and came to regret it.

chris.

? does your daughter share the same surname as your ex ? If your ex doesn't have PR then I think he would need to prove he is the father to stop you.

No you cannot. Regardless of the fact she does not have his name, and regardless of the fact he does not have PR, case law states you have to request his permission. Should he refuse, you will need a specific issue order, which you are unlikely to obtain, as the courts are loath to change a child's name.