# Name change for children

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/name-change-for-children/13588>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [March 6, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/name-change-for-children/13588 "2012-03-06T14:46:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8dc957/32.png) [@nowin](https://forum.rosen.com/u/nowin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/name-change-for-children/13588/1 "2012-03-06T14:46:26Z")

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When I divorced, it was my understanding that our children needed to keep their father’s last name, which I was fine with as it was what they had been going by. My husband recently changed his own last name to something entirely different (foreign, and had a string of family names).

Do my kids have to keep my ex’s last name when he’s not even using it himself? I have full legal custody and full physical custody. Kids only see their father 3x/year or so. Seems silly that they have to keep the last name of a man that has decided to go by another name now. There’s no family link or heritage.

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Ryan\_Short](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Ryan_Short)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/name-change-for-children/13588/2 "2012-03-08T19:52:18Z")

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Name change of a minor child requires consent of both parents.