I know some states have some sort on time law, that if you want to change the name within so many hours, you can. Otherwise I'd make him go get another job to pay for the fees of a legal name change. It's great to show your support for candidate, but this doesn't help.

Well,I would certainly have the child's name changed.
I don't know what I'd do about the husband. Seems to me tat his actions were not merely foolish, but a betrayl of trust. He knowingly took advantage of is wife's postnatal vulnerability.

If he were my husband that would be a serious issue. To me, it shows a complete lack of respect for his wife. Here, both parents have to sign the birth certificate before it can be legally filed, and it is done 24 hours after delivery. I can't believe a state would let it be filed while the mother was still out of it and without her input. That seems wrong to me. I understand there would have to be exceptions but that should not be under normal circumstances.

It's hard for me to comprehend it because my husband just wouldn't do that.

I thought that here both parents had to sign, but they only need one to make it official. But with all my kids, it wasn't even filled out until they were a couple days old. (Which made me wonder how they do it with patients who check out within 24 hours.)

I don't mind the name though. *lol*

I would kick his ass! Talk about taking advantage of his wife. He seems like an assh*le who is just trying to get attention. I saw him on the news; he looks like an idiot.

Greggie- I had my daughter @ 1:45p on a Wednesday and left the hospital on Thursday @ 4:00p. We did our paperwork Thursday morning.

I am not sure how he managed to name his daughter so fast. We didn't even get the paperwork until I was settled in my room. And they didn't come pick it up until the next day. (Though, if I remember correctly, only my husband signed it.)

Forgot to add that had it been my husband (& it never would have because we have way more respect for each other) the couch would be the least of his worries. He would be figuring out how to fix it and lining up a marriage councilor.

I get that, Jennifer. I meant our hospital because someone didn't even come in to talk to us until I was in the hospital about 48 hours. Now maybe they just do that automatically based on birth method and knew I'd be there for a few days, I don't know. I was just wondering.

Ours was filled out and returned within a half an hour.

talk about DISRESPECTFUL to his wife....he deserves a swift hard kick to the nuts plus some...hopefully they can get it changed no problem. but if not...it becomes a trust issues. i can't imagine how the wife is feeling....giving birth then finding out that happens. how emotions are running right now. mass chaos!!

I hate when stupid people reproduce.

Ava Grace is so lovely. And this is SO disrespectful to his wife!
If I were her I'd change my daughter's name and seriously divorce him! If my husband ever did this, I
'd kill him!
We picked out our names together, and both had fairly equal input. I did use the whole "I'm the one giving birth here" line almost every two seconds whenever I really hated a name, but we were pretty even in our input.

I can't believe the reporter is laughing about that!! Seriously I think I would divorce my husband if he did something so self-centred and thoughtless...

wow! i can't believe this is legal. i really don't know what i would do because my blood is boiling and i don't even know this poor woman. this has to be a prank, no one can do that w/ the mom's "okay". in fact, in california ONLY the mom signs the birth certificate. the dad CANNOT sign it.

That's not true, lickety. All my children, one of us had to sign the certificate. We both did in all three cases, but it only needed one of us.

Does he not like his wife or is he just that dumb? Naming your child is just one of those incredibly important things. Regardless of your political beliefs that is just so disrespectful. I can't even imagine being married to a man that would do something like that. I am guessing there are much bigger problems going in that marriage.

I agree, macgirl. That's why I can't even comprehend what I'd do - if something like that happened, my husband has undergone a complete mental breakdown.

Especially since Ava Grace is such a beautiful name.

Now that poor girl has to live with that name for the rest of her life (well, if she was MY daughter, I would definitely be getting her name changed back to Ava Grace like I had wanted!). I can't even imagine!

I'm sure they changed it.

I guess he thought he was being clever or maybe he wanted to be famous for a few minutes but what a disrespectful thing to do to your wife and a cruel one to your own child. Not only will he have to face his face but all their relatives and friends....

My sister's friend was supposed to be named Emily, but while the mother was knocked out after delivery, the father named her Paula, after himself, Paul. Yeah, the mom wasn't too pleased, but the name stuck.

Oh man I am speechless...

I would kick his butt to the curb!! Who would do that?? OMG

This would be a deal breaker for me. If my husband were to go behind my back and be so dishonest with me, it would be over. I know it's easy to change a name but that wouldn't be the point, it's the fact that he knew I was knocked out and did it without discussing it with me. When I first heard about this story I was livid. I can't believe what that poor woman is going through. My heart goes out to her.

My husband would be finding himself a good divorce lawyer. What an awful thing to do.

I would seriously devorce my husband in a heartbeat. No kidding.
Afterwards i would change the name. And btw, my future husband isn`t going to be in on the name. I give birth, i give the name.
It`s as easy as that.