This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Remove need for consent of all parents to change a child's name
Help families where a child holds the burden of a name that they don't want. It's not fair that if you don't have the consent of both parents with parental responsibility you need a court order to change the name of a child, especially in cases where one parent has abandoned or abused a child.
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We want the Government to remove the need for consent of all parents to change a child's name, so that a parent who lives with their child can change the name of their child to their own name or their step parent's name, without needing the consent of an absent or abusive parent.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months
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