Change surname upon marriage? Discover the possibilities!

Questioner

I have done a legal procedure to establish paternity for my son. Now my current boyfriend wants to marry me and then my son will also get his last name. Can this happen automatically when we get married or do we need to arrange other things for that?

Lawyer

to the extent that your son now, after that procedure, has a legal father and possibly also bears his surname, the fact that you wish to marry has no influence on your son's surname. It can possibly be changed after a request for a surname change. In such a procedure, the interested parties, such as the legal father of your son, are summoned and they can object to this. Such procedures are also quite expensive.