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Sometimes parents disagree about whose surname a child should have.\u00a0 Texas family law allows a court to order a name change for a child if the change is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 45.004.\u00a0 Additionally, when a court adjudicates parentage, it may order a name change if a parent requests it and \u201cfor good cause shown.\u201d \u00a0Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 160.636.\u00a0 Some appeals courts have held that those are two distinct tests, while others have held that the child\u2019s best interest is necessarily good cause and simply determine if the change would be in the child\u2019s best interest even when the name change is requested pursuant to \u00a7 160.636.<\/p>\n