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California Legal NAME CHANGE

Name Change is available to nearly everyone in California. Adults can Petition to Legally Change Names and Parents or Guardians can Petition for children. Getting your Name Change Decree through a Petition filed in Superior Court works for all official purposes and is for those of you who are ready to step into your own future.

I Want to CHANGE MY NAME Legally

Individuals decide to get a Legal Name Change for intensely personal reasons: To legalize their own identity, to leave the past, for marriage or divorce, for economic reasons, for cultural and spiritual reasons, for practical reasons, and so on. When you're ready, Plant Your Flag!

NAME CHANGE After Marriage or Divorce

Women or men can Change Names through their marriage license or through Name Change Petition if their marriage license has already been processed. Parent's, after marriage, can also Petition for their Children to Change Last, and/or First and Middle Names

American NAME CHANGES

Some people choose to Change Names to Americanize their family name, while others Change Names to return to their family traditions. Some People Change Names Legally at some important turning point in their lives. Legal Name Change is a great American tradition. Plant Your Flag!

Does Your New Identity Include Your New Legal Name?

Are you looking for legal grounding of your identity? Are you building your life from now on? Your Legal Name will be an influential element of your life to come. Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions about how to legally establish your New Legal Name along with The Real You.

NAME CHANGE for Children

Parents or Guardians can file a Name Change Petition for a child. Children may want to Change Names after divorce, to turn the page on bad memories and associations, to formally pursue ambitions and for many other reasons. Until they're 18 or older, an adult must Petition for them.

Same-Sex Spouse/Partner NAME CHANGE Solutions

Same sex couples can Petition to adopt a partner’s Last Name, each can change to the hyphenated combination of both names or both can Change to a mash-up combination of both their Names. It's all very personal.

Change Your Name To Entertain

Below are some of the most frequently asked questions about how to Change Your Name as an actor, singer, performing artist or any other type of entertainer.

Every Name Change Is For A Reason..

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Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about NAME CHANGE. Click on any of the links below.

How does a Court Decreed Name Change work?

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1. Prepare your Name Change Petition for Court filing. Our EZ NAME CHANGE Questionnaire does that and takes 15-20 minutes or less.

2. File your Petition in the correct Court and get your hearing date. Our instructions will walk you through it.

3. Give Notice: You’ll give notice to the general public and required private individuals, if any. We’ll give you instructions, information and guidance for both.

4. Get your NAME CHANGE Court Order. At (or sometimes before) the hearing, you’ll receive your signed Decree Changing Name or other Court Order. We’ll give you guidelines, instructions and filled out forms for completing this step in your local court. On this day, remember to smile! You did it!

5. Get your New Name established. It’s official! Use it and let others know. Give notice to all your important relationships and connections. We’ll give you a handy checklist.
What are the costs?

ANSWER

1) $435.00 to file in Superior Court (California). San Francisco and Riverside currently charge $15.00 more and Courts always can change their own costs.

2) $80 to $125 or more to give public notice, depending on publication. We’ll provide you with completed paperwork, instructions and a list of publications to compare costs.

3) $115.00 is our charge to prepare your completed Petition and provide you with instructions, guidelines Court Process information and the Post-Name Change checklist. If your Petition includes more than one Child, we charge an extra $10.00 for each additional Child.

Some Petitioners will also have to provide legal notice to certain relatives of a minor Changing Names. We’ll provide guidance about those situations and costs as they occur. But, if the notice is by personal service, it may be $35 or more each. If the notice is by first class mail, then it’s the cost of postage.
How long does it take?

ANSWER

It will take you about 15-20 minutes, or less, to complete our questionnaire.

It’s generally about 6-7 weeks between the time your Petition is filed and the day you receive your Decree Changing Name. The big amounts of time are for the Court to schedule a hearing date, perform its due diligence on your application, and for public notice advertising in advance of the hearing. Courts all over the state and all over the country have different rules and scheduling time frames, so you’ll need to find out the answer for your unique circumstances.

If you have some urgent situation, it may be able to be accommodated and you may wish to consult an attorney about it.
Can I get turned down?

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Yes. However, almost all Name Change Petitions are approved. The main reasons why a Petition might be denied are:

1) Your paperwork is inaccurate, incomplete, or reveals you to be ineligible

2) Someone lodges an objection to your Name Change that your judge considers to be meritorious

3) The judge believes your Name Change would achieve an improper result (i.e., defraud someone, hide from creditors, avoid a duty or obligation, likely to incite violence, trade on the name of a famous person, improperly hide a criminal past, etc.).
Why should I use NLN’s EZNameChange.com?

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At Nationwide Legal Network, Registered Legal Document Assistants carefully review and approve your paperwork before it gets to you, and then remain available to you as you want or need until your Decree Changing Name is finished. NLN has 30+ years of successfully navigating the complexity of legal forms, courts and legal processes. We have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau which means you will get your Petition and Name Change Forms completed the way you’ll want and need to start and successfully finish the process of getting your Legal Name Change. Using NLN to prepare your Petition will save you many hundreds of dollars off what you would spend on a lawyer to do it for you.
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