• Name change of kids after biological mother or pather passed away and the remaining parent remarries

I am biological father of A n B minors and remarried in 2017 due to demisal of my ex wife. My present wife is biological mother of C who is also a minor.
We have birth certifctaes of A, B & C, death certificates of our respective ex and our present marriage certificates.

1. Want to change name of C to include my name and sirname.
2. Want to change birth certificates of all A,B and C wherein biological mother and/or father needs to be changed, is it possible?
3. Need to change all other documents of A,B C like adhar card, passport etc wherein need to change name of their respective biological mothe or father 

Please advice. 

Mukul Dole 
Mumbai
Asked 6 years ago in Civil Law

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10 Answers

A gazzet certificate for name change can be made. So after the name change you can change name in all of his documents by going to the concern authority. 
Those authority will ask him the certificate of name change and his name will b changed in all of his documents. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19335 Answers
32 Consultations

1. It can be done 

2. this can not be done, because factually biological mother and father can not change 

3. That you can do. Affidavit for changing the details will have to be made and a publication in the newspaper will have to be made with regards to the said. 

 

Regards 

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18103 Answers
377 Consultations

1)deed of adoption has to be executed wherein you give children in adoption to your current wife 

 

2) similarly your current wife should execute deed of adoption wherein C is given 8n adoption to you 

 

3) then approach authorities for adding  your name  as the father 

 

 

4) gazette notification and publication in 2 local. Newspapers would be necessary 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99847 Answers
8148 Consultations

C surname will change after adoption but not in her birth certificate.

Birth certificate will not change.

In govt. Docs other than BC, name will change on the basis of adoption . Adoption deed will register.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23083 Answers
31 Consultations

apply for a change of name through an affidavit in concern department, and get the name changed,

name change in Birth Certificate will be a tough job, and might be, you have to approach Court to do the needful,

 

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2386 Answers
6 Consultations

1. Name change can be done through Affidavit and paper publication. 

2. No birth certificate cannot be amended.

3. See you both can opt for step parents adoption under the CARA guidelines and then after that you can change name in the records.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

You can't change the names on birth certificates but can change it through Gazette notification. 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34564 Answers
249 Consultations

For doing all the three issues you wanted to do, better get her child adopted by a registered adoption deed, and vice versa.

After that based on the registered adoption deed, you can apply for the desired changes before the concerned death birth registrar office. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
90048 Answers
2498 Consultations

Dear sir

It can only be possible if you get orders from court for changing of names in the birth certificate.

Once you get the name changed you can apply for changing of name in IDs with the required documents and birth certificate.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

  1. As per the information mentioned in the present query, makes it clear that you wish to change the mother name in the birth certificate of your minor children.
  2. Actually, there is no law under which you can change the name of the father or mother in the birth certificate except two situations, and that is also after loving an application with all required documents before the SDM office of your district:-
  3. Firstly, If the father of mother has been passed away then you can only get the “late” word added to their existing name or any clerical mistake in name over the both certificate.
  4. Secondly, if either of the spouse has remarried and then opposite spouse of the second marriage has legally adopted the children.

Sanjay Baniwal
Advocate, South Delhi
5477 Answers
13 Consultations

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