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Considering you can name your child "Tooth Fairy" (last name fairy) if you really want to (at least at birth), I just can't imagine why the judge should have ANY say in what your daughter's last name is. That should be a separate motion, and I would hope at that age would reflect your child's desires. If your child has always grown up with your maiden name as her last name, that is part of her identity and there should be no reason to change it if she doesn't want to. My older kids have their dad's last name, and though I would like to change it to my own last name sometimes, they are attached to it and identify with it and I won't change it for their sake.
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