changing of surname

good pm.

ask ko lang po pano pag papalita ko ng apelyido yung anak ko.. from father's surname to my surname.. hindi po kami kasal ng tatay ng anak ko. yung binigay nya na apelyido po sakin ay hindi pala nya tunay na apelyido. at may asawa na po sya. almost 3 years na po kaming walang communication.. ano po ba yung pedeng gawin para mapalipat po yung paelyido ng anak ko sakin?... maraming salamat po.

Good day Atty.,

Hihingi po ako ng advise and procedure na kailangan ko pong gawin to change the surname of my son.

Nakaapelyido po ang anak ko sa birth certificate sa kanyang father pero hindi po kami kasal/kinasal way back 2007 and ipinanganak ko po sya sa PGH in Manila and nakasign po ang father nya s birth cert. When our child reached one year po, naghiwalay na po kami and since then wala pong any means of support kami na nareceive from him incl.financial. I stand as both parents ng bata until now. Year 2014, kinasal po ako dito sa Dubai from same nationality-Filipino. We are planning to change the surname ng bata kasunod ng surname ng napangasawa ko.

We are already in touch with the family ng tatay ng anak ko about sa decision namin ng napangasawa ko and naipaabot na rin nila sa tatay ng anak ko the same issue and hindi naman sila lahat tumutol.

Kindly let us know what are the procedure na kailangan naming gawin para mapalitan ang surname ng anak ko sunod sa surname ng asawa ko. Were set to go for a vacation this Feb. 2018, and we are eager to do the necessaries in our 2 weeks vacation and habang minor age pa yung anak ko. Also kindly inform us roughly how much would it cost us to finish the process. And how long will the processing takes.

Looking forward to a positive answer on our query.

Many thanks in advance and more power.


Kind regards,
Mary Cruz
050-8578026