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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you solve the problem of giving the child both last names.  Do two separate last names, no hyphen and the child can drop on later on or choose to use just one right now.  There is nothing wrong with your last name.  Traditionally kids get their father's name.  Nice is child has both names.  If he is paying child support and on the birth certificate and having visits, it is nice to also make this about him too, and for some people the name is important.  Just like the name is important to you, it is to him.  So, you do Larla Eliza Johnson Smith.  Simple.[/quote]

I think this is a good suggestion because even though it's tempting to dig in to the death on things, the truth is that digging in is not in your child's best interest. Just like having paternity established and having child support is in your child's best interest, so is cooperating on fairly mundane matters like this.

I totally sympathesize that this guy is a jerk and he's jerking OP around. But he IS your child's father. (And believe me I have to remind myself all the time that my *sshole X is also my DC's father.)[/quote]

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