Legal Question in Family Law in Alabama

my wife and i are raising our grandson and have had him since he was 3 weeks old. We have legal custody if him and now we are one family. can i change his last name to mine.


Asked on 10/08/10, 9:51 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
James Coleman Murchison & Howard, LLC

Not without the consent of his natural parents. Your legal custody does not cut off the parental rights of his mother and father.

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Answered on 10/13/10, 1:26 pm


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