What is the test for adding a father's name to a child's surname?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hennessy v. Brockett, 2021 ONSC 8280 (CanLII):
Garland v. Browuwer, 2011 ONSC 6437 was a case where the father was trying to have his name added to the child’s surname in circumstances where the mother had omitted it in an effort to ignore his connection to the child, and despite having discussed the child having either the father’s surname or a hyphenated one.
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