I've been teaching my 7 year old daughter about using my maiden name hyphenated with her father's last name and about her heritage. My mother passed away recently and I want my daughter to understand who she is and where she comes from. Unfortantely, her dad (we're divorced) does not see it the same way. He has gone as far as to making a copy of her California birth certificate and calling me a "liar" since I told my daughter her name was T...L...Lopez-Lee. I will be going to family court in the next few months on other issues and am considering requesting the courts allow me to change my daughter's name to include my last name hyphenated with her fathers. I'd like to find as much "legal" information that I can present to the courts hopefully proving my daughter's "civil" right to have my last name included in her's. I changed my last name back to my maiden name (Lopez) at the time of my divorce so I think including my last name in her name will make her life easier to be associated with "her mother". Can you tell me where I might find "legal" information on something like this?