BERGEN COUNTY DIVORCE LAWYER

The New Jersey divorce judge properly considered the factors in Gubernat v. Deremer, and justifiably granted the father’s application to change the name of his son from O’Reilly, the mother’s surname, to O’Reilly-Spencer. Although the parties never married, and the father initially did not appear supportive of the pregnancy or necessarily believe the child was his, he later scheduled a paternity test which established that he was the boy’s biological father, and began spending time with him and voluntarily paying child support. O’Reilly v. Spencer, New Jersey App. Div., January 25, 2007.