J.M.V. v. J.K.H.

MOORE, Judge.

J.M.V. (“the mother”) appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the trial court”) insofar as it ordered that the surname of the parties’ child be changed. We reverse.

Procedural Background

On August 1, 2012, J.K.H. (“the father”) filed a petition in the trial court seeking to establish the paternity of E.V. (“the child”), to correct the child’s birth certificate to list him as the child’s father and to change the child’s surname, to establish custody of and visitation with the child, and to establish child support. The mother answered the petition on November 18,…