Maiden Name Change in California – With or Without Divorce
Maiden Name Change by Court Order
Maiden Name Change usually means Getting Your Maiden Name Back after Divorce. However, the Divorce Name Change process allows other Name Changes too. AND, you’re allowed to retake your Maiden Name even if you are still married and have no plans to divorce through a new Name Change Petition. Both options are explained here. Both options get you a Court Order, re-establishing your Maiden Name as your current Legal Name.
You can get your Court Order by using your Divorce Case or by filing a new Name Change Petition case. When you get a Certified Copy of that Court Order, you can get your Name Changed on your Social Security Account, Your Passport and all your important accounts and registrations. You can do either of these things yourself…or we can help you.
If you’re in a Divorce Case now, see if you can request the New Name you want before the Divorce Judgment is granted. If your Divorce is already final, OR…if you don’t wish to wait until it’s final, read on. And, if you want your New Legal Name to be a little different than it was before…read on.
Maiden Name Change After Divorce in California
What You Need To Do:
- Prepare an Application to Restore Your Former Name
- File Your Application and Order in the correct court. Pay the required fees.
- Get Your Court Order and Certified Copy(s) of it. Change your ID and Official Records
You can have FULL SERVICE help to get your Court Order, after or without a final divorce.
NOTE: You can restore any former legal name with this process. If you had multiple legal name changes, you may request that any of your former legal names be restored. You’re not limited to the name from your birth certificate if you’ve had more than one legal, married or other legal name changes such as can occur with adoption, or citizenship.
Maiden Name Change Without Divorce in California
What You Need To Do:
- Prepare and File a Petition for Change of Name in Superior Court.
- File Your Petition, Pay the required fees and Publish the required legal notices.
- Get Your Court Order and Certified Copy(s) of it. Change your ID and Official Records
NOTE: With a Superior Court Name Change case, you’re entitled to Change Your Married Name to your Maiden Name, any prior Legal Name you’ve had, OR a completely New Legal Name. Your New Name can be a variation of any previous Legal Name you’ve had or completely unrelated to any name you’ve had before. A Name Change case isn’t restricted by the rules for marriage licenses or divorce laws. Limitations for any Name Change still apply.
Maiden Name Change Certified Copies
Social Security, Passport, DMV, and other important places require you to give them a Certified Court Order. Banks, other Government agencies and Financial Institutions … even Birth Certificates will make the changes you want when you present the Certified Copy. You need at least one Certified Copy to make changes after approval by your judge, and many people get 2 or more. One to keep in a safe place and one to use when required.
Certified Court Orders are available whether you use your Divorce Case to Restore Your Maiden Name, or file a New Name Change Petition case. And, regardless of which path you choose, the main government and financial places will REQUIRE that you give them one when requesting your Name Change with them.
Maiden Name Change After Divorce
Costs and Time Frames
It will take you about 5 minutes or less to complete our online questionnaire (“Start My Name Change Now”) and pay our fee. As a Registered and Bonded Legal Document Assistant, we will send you the correctly completed Court Forms, file it in the right court, and, upon approval by the judge, send you your Certified Court Order. You don’t ever need to go to the court. We’ll also give you a handy CHECKLIST for quickly changing ID and Records.
This process will take about 6 weeks, or less, to get your Certified Copy(s). The charges are:
$245. (plus your unpaid divorce case costs, if any) Includes 1 Certified Copy, upon approval.
OR $280. If you want us to get you 2 Certified Copies of your Court Order.
Add $55 for each extra one (We pay the Court 40.50ea + payment processing fees).
Maiden Name Change Without Divorce
Costs and Time Frames
It will take you about 7-10 minutes to complete our online questionnaire (“Start My Name Change Now”) and pay our fee. As a California Name Change Specialist, we will send you the correctly completed Petition for Change of Name Forms for ANY NEW NAME of your choice. With our Full Service, we will file Your Petition, arrange the required public notices, and set an appointment for you to get your Certified Decree Changing Name upon approval. You do need to go to the court, briefly on that Hearing date. But that’s likely to be the most enjoyable court experience you’ll ever have. We’ll also give you a handy CHECKLIST for quickly changing ID and Records.
This process will take about 6-12 weeks, or so, to get you your Certified Copy(s). The charges are:
$115. to begin, after you give us your information through our Questionnaire.
$600 (example) after you sign the Petition. We pay court and publication costs.
TOTAL – $715. This is a useful California average, but costs vary based on the County where you live. Court and publishing costs vary depending on the county and prevailing rates at the time of the Filing.
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