Name Change Legal Questions and Answers
If you are not a US citizen can you legally chang your name?
If you are not born in the US and wanna change name, what documentation is required?
04/13/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Missouri | #3085How do I change my name back to my maiden name if the final decree does not address it?
I am recently divorced (March 5, 2007). All of my paperwork up to my final decree states that I will be assuming my maiden name back, but my lawyer somehow forgot to put it into the final decree paperwork. The court said that I can file a nunc pro tunc to get this corrected. Is there a form to do this?
04/13/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Ohio | #3058How do I legally change my last name?
I am a divorced mother, carrying my ex spouses last name. I recently had a baby, who has her father's last name. I was considering changing my last name to hers, instead of my maiden name, is this legally possible?
04/13/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Massachusetts | #3051If I change my last name to my married name can I still use my maiden name professionally?
I have been happily married for 8 years and kept my maiden name. Now I have 2 girls and want the same last name as my family, but professionally I want to keep my maiden name.
04/11/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Massachusetts | #2957If I change my daughter's last name can her biological father be left off the birth certificate?
I have a child who will soon be 16. Her biological father has not been in her life since she was a year and a half, and he passed away eight years ago. My husband wants to adopt her but money is short. Due to some very unpleasant things that her biological father did to both of us, she has never known of his existance and believes my husband is her dad. If we do a name chan...
04/10/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Oklahoma | #2868What can I do if my name is misspelled on my birth certificate?
What can I do if my name is misspelled on my birth certificate?
04/06/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Alabama | #2730Can I change my son's last name without his father's consent if he signed the birth certificate?
I was wondering if I can change my son's last name if his father signed the birth certificate? We were never married and I gave the baby his last name. Now I am about to have another baby and I want them both to have my(mother's) last name.
04/03/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Michigan | #2574Does Nevada recognize the "Usage method" for name change?
Does Nevada recognize the "Usage method" for name change?
04/03/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Nevada | #2541How do I make legal changes to my birth certificate?
How do I make first, middle, name changes my to certificate birth?
04/03/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Louisiana | #2539How do I change my son's last name to mine if I never married his father who is not involved?
What are the laws on a minor name change. I was never married to the father and I gave my son his last name. I am now married and having a baby and I want my son to have the same last name as us. He doesn't see his real dad at all.
04/02/2007 | Category: Name Change | State: Michigan | #2493