A Review of Name Change Order

All legal name changes are attached to your existing birth certificate which is a computerized birth abstract showing the name change. After you change your name all agencies, federal and state will accept your new name as your new legal name and will issue you documents with your new name if you wish.If you were born after December 20, 1908 then you are apart of a group of people the court is allowed to grant a legal change of name to. Once you get the court to certify your legal change of name decree most Vital Statistics office requires a copy. The court order must have been granted by a probate court. If you never had a birth certificate or were born before December 20, 1908 then the Vital Statistics office requires a delayed birth registration established by a probate court along with the certified copy of the legal change of name decree. The probate court is the only court that can do delayed birth registrations in some States.The court order to legally change your name must contain:1) The name prior to change2) Changed Name3) Name or county of court4) Case number5) Final date of the change of name6) Signature of the Probate Judge or Deputy Clerk7) Court Seal (not mandatory)They may also ask for your date of birth, place of birth, and parent's names if they feel they don't have sufficient enough information.
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