No Brady Bunch for Tom

31. I think it is very sad that Tom's son does not carry his fathers last name. He strikes me as a very decent, kind and loving man and has appeared in the media at least, to want to be involved in his son's life. I really think his ex is being vindictive. All it will do is hurt and confuse the child as he gets older. She needs to think about the child, not herself.

Posted at 12:54PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Sarah

32. Thanks for also confirming that Bridget is not over 40!

Tom only has himself to blame for not having the Brady name on the BCert. If he would have shown some compassion and "excitement" instead of "anxiety" and spent some time with the mother of his child helping her out like a real father should have, Bridget would have shown some compassion back!

Reap what you sow! Bet Bridget is thrilled that he's no longer in the picture - all kinds of facts are surfacing about his cheating ways and how the whore he's with now did exactly what she said she doesn't do - steal another woman's man!

Posted at 12:59PM on Oct 5th 2007 by jean

33. I think she only used him for his superior sperm genes

Posted at 12:44PM on Oct 5th 2007 by NAZI

34. Hard to fault Tom Brady too much in any of this. I hear Moynihan wouldn't even let Brady hang around the hospital as long as he wanted after the birth of their child. She's freezing him out. Brady will do right by his kid even though Moynihan will make it as hard for him as possible. Brady is a stand up guy who will handle this the best he can in his own way. Sounds like he's happier with GB anyway.

Posted at 12:45PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Shrute

35. I don't know CA laws but in MA you can put whatever last name you want on the birth certificate

Posted at 4:36PM on Oct 5th 2007 by www.sugar-shoes.co.uk

36. Does this mean she is going to forfit child support.....ummm no. she is just creating D R A M A

Posted at 12:47PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Go Away

37. how is she biutter or at fault for anything? i doubt she'd give the child his first and middle name if she was that angry with him.

Posted at 12:47PM on Oct 5th 2007 by M

38. As long as the D R A M A doesn't effect him on the field then I don't care! What he does in his personal life is his own business. If he loves Giselle more then Bridget, then so be it. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT HE IS THE BEST QB IN NFL RIGHT NOW!!!!

Posted at 12:51PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Tracy

39. why would she forfeit child support? its for her child. that child is entitled to it, but there is no court of law that can force her to give the child his last name--and for all we know he is FINE with that.

Posted at 12:51PM on Oct 5th 2007 by M

40. Why should this baby have HIS last name? So every time she goes to school and signs in they are confused by the name difference? this child should have the name of the person that is going to be most hands on in his life...his mother. If she decides to marry later, she can keep her maiden name as well.

It's 2007! Married women even keep their maiden names!

I was in a situation A LOT like this one. I was 22 and engaged when I became pregnant. We had talked about children and he wanted them, until I actually got pregnant. He wanted me to abort and I refused, so we split up. He informed me then that he didn't really want to have anything to do with this baby. In most states, a father has to voluntarily admit to paternity at the hospital (which opens him up for child support even if he isn't 100% sure that the child is his...if he admits it on paper, then he's responsible).

Also, if the father is requesting DNA testing, then the original birth certificate is issued with the mothers maiden name, but can be reissued and changed after DNA results come back.

Why are you all bashing her? You don't know the situation...maybe he wasn't there to sign the papers, maybe he wants DNA testing.....or maybe she decided that in the best interest of this child, it should have the same name as her, because that would create LESS confusion for this baby later in life.

I respect her decision and will tell you first hand it's not an easy one for a woman to make.

My daughters "sperm donor" has only seen her 2 times in her 11 years and has never given me a penny. My husband has always raised her as his own, but we I was married I kept my maiden name......so she and I have the same name and it helps Drastically at school functions, etc. This baby SHOULD have her name.

Posted at 12:55PM on Oct 5th 2007 by shocked..

41. how is not giving tom's last name confuse the child?

it doesn't! you're reaching and it is pathetic.

for christ sakes the baby has his first and middle name.

and no one is saying he won't spend time with and grow up to knwo hsi father.

Posted at 12:55PM on Oct 5th 2007 by M

42. She probably did it for legal reason's. If Tom's not on the birth certificate, then he will have a harder time getting custody, or visitation's. And in the old day's a woman could not give her baby the father's last name if they weren't married at the time of birth. The baby's name would be the mother's last name. I think it's still like that in most countries, but with so many ellagitament ( sorry, I can barely say this word much less spell it) birth's, US has adjusted the paper's to where you can give the name of the father. Not so many year's ago you couldn't

Posted at 1:00PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Paula

43. Hey 41.....do you have a child with a different last name?

Have you ever went to pick up your child from school, you sign in and they ask you "oh you are here to pick up John so and so.....and then you have to look at them and say no, I am here to pick up john so and so, and then they give you "that look".

Or at the doctors office, when you make an appointment, and you state that you are "sarah smith" calling to make an appointment for your baby John and they say oh John smith? And you have to correct them and say, no...his name is john rambo, not john smith and they say "OH, I see" in that tone of voice.

The situations like this go on and go on....if SHE is the one that is going to be handling these type of situations on a daily basis and be the primary adult in this childs life, then that is the name he needs to have.

How about when the child is filling out forms at school, parent information forms, and the other children are asking him why his name is different, etc.?

It creates more confusion and shows LESS stability in this childs life, to give him the last name of the person that will be raising him on a daily basis.

Posted at 1:02PM on Oct 5th 2007 by shocked..

44. I think John will do just fine...with the name Moynahan...A name is a name...it is what is inside a person...that makes the man or women...Pictures I see I Bridget...she is usually with friends...and looks very happy...don't know about Tom...try not to look at him...but Im sure he is too busy..being the football hero..and playing with G...to be a full time father....I don't think Bridget needs Tom's money..or him anymore...and I don't think she is the type...that will keep him from seeing John...if he wants to...he probably won't take full notice..until John shows he is sports material...by then he may have a dozen children....

Posted at 1:04PM on Oct 5th 2007 by asorrystate

45. I'm not sure if the baby doesn't have the father's name, if it would cancel out child support. All I know is when I had my kid's, I could not give them their father's name unless we were legally married. Which I was. That law changed after I had my kid's. A long time ago, people would have been able to distiguish if the baby was a (and I hate this word) bastard. I'm not calling the baby that. People would call them that, a long time ago.

Posted at 1:10PM on Oct 5th 2007 by Paula