Name change of a child without adoption

I suppose this message might be coming too late, but I feel compelled to answer it. First, I can only give general advice since I am not an attorney. But adoptions and name changes are two totally separate things. Adoptions are not usually required when a parent simply wants to change her child's name. And your husband cannot have his parental rights terminated, or his daughter's name changed, without notice and an opportunity to be heard and voice his objections. That is basic constitutional law.