I'm sick of my family & I don't want to have their name anymore. I want to change my last name to my best friend's last name. How can I do that? My best friend is the only one who treats me like family.
2007-06-09 06:33:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You go to the court house in your county. Ask for the paperwork. Lots of people are there standing in line doing the same thing. No pressure.
Fill out the paperwork and pay $100 processing fee. There is a schedual of requirement you have to follow to the letter. My freind has no short term memory, so they helped a lot being shure she had the dates properly filled in her memory book.
Fill out first form asking to change your name from this to that. Peg it on a public notice board with 100 other peoples. In a few weeks you go back and take it down and get it stamped. Fill out another form that gose to a judge. After the judge stamps it, you fill out a third form that says your name is changed and hang it back on the public notice board for a week or so. Take it down and get it stamped and they issue a great certificate saying you have officialy changed your name.
Then you have to go into Social security office and stand in line with the certificate and show it to them and they will have your legal name officialy changed on your social security card. Same number, new name
Get your ID changed to be legal. DMV changes your Drivers liscence and insures your new name is at this legal adress and gives you a new drivers liscence with new name. Costs about 20 bucks.
THEN you take the new drivers liscence ID and the change of name Certificate from the court house, to Social Security office and change it on your SSI Number.
Presto now you have a legal name change and everything is legal all around. Its Official.
Think carefully aobut what name you want because it becomes an important identifying feature of who you are. You can't help changing yourself with it.
Get a Personal Mail Box so all mail comes to that place and you don't have to broad cast your name change every time you pick it up at the post office and your family can't trace you to your new physical adress.
Most important. Make the life changes you need to be happy and leave the past in the past.
2007-06-09 06:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by fen-fox 1 · 33⤊ 5⤋
Changing your name is not that difficult. The paperwork in changing your credit cards, birth certificate, driver's license,etc. is a bit time-consuming, but if it is something you really want to do, so is filling out your tax forms.
My daughter and I changed our names, and here are the steps we took:
We called the courthouse and got the cost,and an appointment. We completed the paperwork, paid $110.00, and waited a few minutes for the judge. Naturally, you don't change your name for fraudulent reasons, but my thought is your social security number stays the same so they will find you anyway! ;-) You get on the witness stand, state why you want to change your name, (you also put this on the form), and the judge asks if you are trying to avoid legal issues, etc., you say no, and he/she approves it and you go back to the office, get the form stamped and sealed. Total time- less than 30 minutes. You make lots of copies, and start sending them to the drivers license department, credit card companies, birth certificate records, IRS, etc. along with a letter stating you have changed your name, and please change your records. Not that big of a deal. In fact, we changed our names twice! Forget about the family, friends, etc. Answer to what you want to be called. It's your right!
2014-06-10 15:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Aja Z 1 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I have a question if my name is to long can I Chang my last name to a shorter last name that is not my last name or none of my letters in my name my legal name is Threlkeld and I want to Chang it to Smeth, T,H and E is in my name but just not S and M. So what do you thank?
2016-03-13 13:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by Brittany 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I'm sick of my family & I don't want to have their name anymore. I want to change my last name to my best friend's last name. How can I do that? My best friend is the only one who treats me like family.
2015-08-06 20:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by Son 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting topic!
2016-08-14 21:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want a extre letter to my last mame
2015-11-21 22:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by Donald 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call your local court house and talk to the clerk of the court, the clerk will assist you in petitioning the court to change your name
2007-06-09 06:36:29 · answer #7 · answered by RUSSELLL 6 · 16⤊ 4⤋
LOL
2016-12-22 17:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what Russ said - but before you do that - I would seek some counselling, and try working through some issues.
Changing your name is pretty extreme, especially if the situation may be temporary with your family
2007-06-09 06:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by Mike Frisbee 6 · 11⤊ 22⤋
hell you can't even get a passport these days let alone change your name...but I'd wanna change Lone Star myself
2007-06-09 06:43:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 25⤋