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Remove need for consent of all parents to change a child's name

Submitted by Rebecca hanson on Thursday 8th June 2023

Published on Friday 30th June 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 30th December 2023

Signatures: 32

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Remove need for consent of all parents to change a child's name

Petition Details

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.


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