Parents may decide that they wish to change their child’s surname. There can be several reasons why a parent may wish to change their child’s surname, but commonly the reasons may be due to divorce, a desire for all children of a family to share the same surname, for protection or privacy reasons or in circumstances where a parent was not agreeable to the child’s surname and was deprived of their right to exercise parental responsibility at the time of naming. The process of changing a … [Read more...]