Connor is listed as a McLaughlin. Paternity was not established when he was born so Cassie went with her maiden name. When he was 11 months old paternity was finally concluded and Mike was named the dad. I always knew from the night before he was born, but legally it took that long. Now if everything had happened quickly we could have changed his last name and it would have been easy peasey and free. My life never works that way.
So today I was at the Center for Community Health and we did some checking. Turns out Mike did get added to the birth certificate. If he hadn't we could have done it and most likely changed Connor's last name for free. My life never works that way.
So the next step is to get a legal name change with the courts. The woman told me it is really spendy. Like $150. Trust me in the scheme of things that is not that spendy.
This is something that Dave really wanted done and he was going to pay for it. He just didn't get to finding out what we needed to do. So it has been left to me. And I'm working on it. It is something Mike and Cassie want. Life will be easier if we all have the same name.
And yeah...I'm never changing mine.
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