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Name Changes

Information and issues concerning changing your name. Eligibility, requirements, change of birth name, change of surname for marital purposes, changing your name back to your maiden name, reporting requirements, background checks.

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Name Change

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Jul 23, 2012

army judge

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Name

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Sep 23, 2013

shrinkmaster

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My drivers license expires on Friday and name on my birth certificate is different

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Views: 4K

Feb 29, 2012

disagreeable

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mother faults afied your Name/Idenity your whole life

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Nov 27, 2014

disagreeable

Minors name change

Custodial Mom
Nov 15, 2016

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Views: 868

Nov 16, 2016

leslie82

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Minor Name Change 1 Parent nonconsent

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Views: 2K

Sep 13, 2014

JosieReid

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Marriage Certificate, is the only document that bears my old name

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Views: 979

May 21, 2014

Betty3

Legal name not on my Driver's License

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Views: 4K

Sep 8, 2016

army judge

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Is it possible to ammend a legal name change date to be retroactive?

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Views: 2K

Nov 15, 2012

army judge

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i want to have my stepdad's last name but my bio-dad objects

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Views: 2K

Jun 4, 2014

army judge

I want to change my last name to my stepdad's.

LC_2002
Mar 22, 2017

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Views: 4K

Mar 23, 2017

leslie82

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How to do a FULL name change after marriage

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Views: 3K

Jul 17, 2011

army judge

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how to change my daughters last name

BonnieG84
Jul 16, 2016

Replies: 3

Views: 768

Apr 4, 2019

army judge

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How do i get my original name back and must i pay when i did not give permission...

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Jul 20, 2011

Proserpina

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how can i go about changeing my childs last name legally

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Views: 2K

Jul 24, 2011

jasykaqod

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getting my daughters first named changed

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Views: 1K

Nov 26, 2011

disagreeable

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getting maiden namne back

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Views: 848

Feb 21, 2014

KatDini

Getting a state ID card from NJ dropping my maternal last name

Replies: 15

Views: 1K

Aug 2, 2019

PayrollHRGuy

Figuring out my legal name

Replies: 3

Views: 289

Oct 21, 2021

hrforme

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Does a Name Change Statutory Declaration require both old & new signatures?

Replies: 1

Views: 131

May 28, 2023

adjusterjack

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