What is the test for changing a child's last name?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pulkinen v Munden, 2013 ABQB 139 (CanLII):
Smalley v. Hoppe is a case where the mother sought to change the children's last name from the father's surname to that of her new husband, who had a close relationship with the children, on the basis that the father had little to do with the children.
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