Maiden Name Change in Arizona – With or Without Divorce
Maiden Name Change by Court Order
Maiden Name Change usually means Getting your birth name back after marriage and then Divorce. You can get a Court Order for that in 2 different ways:
- Divorce/Family Court (if you request it properly within your Divorce Case before it’s Final)
- Civil Court (to retake your Maiden Name, any other former legal name of yours, or any new variation or entirely new name)
Divorce Case Name Change is restricted and options are limited. If you properly request your Maiden Name back before your Divorce is decided, you can get, as part of your Divorce Judgment, a Court Order re-establishing your Maiden Name as your “New Legal Name”.
Civil Court Name Change options are unrestricted. You can get a Civil Court Order Changing Name to your exact Maiden Name, a variation of any prior legal name, or a brand new name.The Order Changing Name, from Civil is every bit as valid, for Maiden Name Change, as one you could have gotten from a divorce case in Family Court.
A Certified Copy of your Name Change Court Order will let you update all your ID and Official Records, whether your Court Order is from Civil or Family Court.
Maiden Name Change After Divorce in Arizona
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 and provide any required consents or Proofs of Service or Publication.
- 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 Civil Court Order Changing Name of an Adult
NOTE: You can restore any former legal name, or any new name, with this process. If you’ve had more than one legal, married or other legal name changes from another marriage, legal name change, adoption, or citizenship, you can retake any of those or new versions, if you want.
Maiden Name Change Without Divorce in Arizona
What You Need To Do:
- Prepare and File a Name Change Petition in Superior Court.
- Pay the required fees, file any required Consents and/or Proofs of Service or Publication.
- Get Your Court Order and Certified Copy(s), upon approval. Update ID and Official Records
NOTE: With a Superior Court Name Change case, you’re entitled to Change Your Married Name to your Maiden Name, OR any other Name you want going forward. 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, MVD, and other important places will require a Certified Copy of the Court’s Order Granting Name Change. You get that, upon approval, at the end of this process. Banks, Government agencies, Financial and Professional Licensing Institutions … even the Birth Certificate people will make the changes you want when you present a Certified Copy of your Order Granting Name Change.
Certified Copies of the Court Order are available, whether you use your Divorce Case to Restore Your Maiden Name, or file a New Name Change Application case. And, regardless of which path you choose, you will be REQUIRE D to give a Certified Copy of your Court Order to each ID Agency or Institution where you are requesting updating of Your Legal Name with them.
Maiden Name Change After Divorce in AZ
Costs and Time Frames
TIME FRAMES
It will take you about 5 minutes, or so, to complete our Online Questionnaire 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,you can obtain your Certified Order Granting Name Change. You don’t ever need to go to the court unless the Judge requests your appearance. We’ll also give you a handy CHECKLIST for quickly changing ID and Records.
$115. to begin, after you give us your information through our Online Questionnaire.
$408 Full Service (Maricopa County example) after you sign the Petition. We pay $333 court costs.
TOTAL – $523. This is an actual total for EZ Name Change Full Service in Maricopa County, but court filing costs vary (less) based on the County where you live now. In addition, you may need 1 Notarization ($10). 2 Certified Copies are $62 ($31ea).
Maiden Name Change Without Divorce in AZ
Costs and Time Frames
TIME FRAME SUMMARY
- It will take you about 5-10 minutes or less to complete our Online Questionnaire and pay our fee to begin (see below for all costs and fees).
- The next business day after Confirmation, EZ Name Change will prepare and send you the correctly completed Court Forms for your signatures and return for Filing.
- When EZ has your signed Petition and Full Service Filing payment, we promptly File with your Court and schedule your Hearing for Approval
About 2 to 3 months to complete, from the day you start until the day you have a Certified Order Changing Name, upon approval
COSTS SUMMARY
$115 To begin, after you give us your information through our Questionnaire.
$10 To Notarize your signature
$408 Full Service (Maricopa County example) after you sign the Petition. We pay $333 court costs.
$62 For 2 Certified Copies of the Order Granting Name Change, upon approval
TOTAL – $595. This is the actual total for Maricopa County, including payments you make directly for Notary ($10) and 2 Certified Copies ($62). Costs in other Arizona Counties are somewhat less due to lower court filing charges.
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