Legal Name change

8.4 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Legal Name change

I must commend the women who change their name when they get married, it's a lot of work. As a man who has just went through the process to get my name changed, I found out how much work it is. The steps and cost involved to get it done and then all the work to get everything associated with the old name changed. Still working on changing the birth certificate to match the new/modified me, which is more work since I was born in another state.

As a note, I didn't change it to something completely new. Just the shortened version of my first name and a couple of other minor changes. It is the name that I have been using since I was a kid and the name that everyone knows me by. Even the IRS and SS already know me by this name.

Anyone else every changed their name?

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7.3 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

BlackDiamond :
I changed my name after a divorce. I didn't want to keep his name and wouldn't use my maiden name. I took my mother's maiden name. I also gave myself a middle name, since no on could be bothered to when they named me.

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15.5 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

*Edited

I helped my roommate w his, but it was basically a spelling change, not complete name change. I think it is more difficult to change your name than what women are required for marriage. We dont get our birth certificate changed.
Yes, lots of hoops to jump through.

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21.8 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

BlackDiamond :
I haven't changed my name, but found out at age 30 that my birth certificate name, was not the name on all my IRS and bank papers...

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15.5 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

My kids named their son a different last name!! Its a combination of the two last names. I have never in my life heard of such thing. Idk you could just put whatever you want on a birth certificate at time of birth if both parents agree.
Just the weirdest damn thing to me. He will be the first ever in the line of that family name.

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2.3 yrs App
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

BlackDiamond: my oldest son I found out changed his name to a nonbionary name it breaks my heart . We have no communication x7yrs now

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7.3 yrs App
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

BlackDiamond: lots of small steps; i wrote them on a legal pad, and checked them off. Takes patience!

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13 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

BlackDiamond :
I tried after I got married. It certainly was not as easy as others had described. The hardest hurdle was the IRS and SSI.

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9 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

When I tried to get my first passport I ordered my birth certificate and found out my name was still "Baby Boy". That was some work proving my real name.

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8.4 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

#msg6029078I also gave myself a middle name,

WWdiver : changed mine to just an initial.

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8.4 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

#msg6029168The hardest hurdle was the IRS and SSI.

ILoveReading : I don't think I have ever used what was my legal name at any job. Just the name I changed it to so they probably wouldn't know me as the former legal name.

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12.8 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

ahhh, the reason why some women don't want to change their name when they get married....
drivers license?
nursing license?
license to practice medicine?

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8.4 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

I will say the courtroom was the quickest part and there were a lot of people there for whatever reason. The judge essentially said she was going to start with the easiest/quickest items first. My name was the first name she called. I got sworn in and answered a couple of questions and she said approved. My scheduled court time was 9am. My paperwork says it was approved at 9:03.

And I will add that I started this process a long time ago over a year ago and just kept putting it off. As part of the process there was an FBI fingerprint requirement. Apparently your fingerprints expire after a year so I had to get that done again. Who knew?

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12 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

#msg6029274I will say the courtroom was the quickest part and there were a lot of people there for whatever reason. The judge essentially said she was going to start with the easiest/quickest items first. My name was the first name she called. I got sworn in and answered a couple of questions and she said approved. My scheduled court time was 9am. My paperwork says it was approved at 9:03. And I will add that I started this process a long time ago over a year ago and just kept putting it off. As part of the process there was an FBI fingerprint requirement. Apparently your fingerprints expire after a year so I had to get that done again. Who knew?

BlackDiamond : Within seconds one of my index fingers changed my prints on that hand forever. It can happen, lol.

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12.2 yrs
~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

#msg6029083I haven't changed my name, but found out at age 30 that my birth certificate name, was not the name on all my IRS and bank papers...

Joe :
So, the name on your birth certificate is Joey Kingwood Dotcom?

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~ 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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BlackDiamond :
I changed mine after getting married and it was a piece of cake.

Just filled out a form I don't remember where but it automatically notified social security, then I notified my HR department, then my voting registration.

It was the easiest part of getting married. But that was 35 years ago. Has it gotten harder? I would have thought all the online availability would have made it easier. My new daughter in law just changed her name and said it was so easy.

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