Chicago, IL asked in Family Law and Child Custody for Illinois

Q: What kind of petition do we fill out to stop his ex from using a different last name for his kids?

His ex wife has been using her new married name on one of the child’s sports related stuff like rosters and cell service phone cases, game controllers and school stuff sometimes

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A: This would be a miscellaneous relief case, temporary restraining order, and preliminary injunction. It is not a form.

I would suggest that she is doing this to aggravate him. It may also be if he is at a letter closer to the top of the alphabet with stepdad's name.

They have to go by his birth certificate in school, physicians and elsewhere

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