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NBR: Has anyone done a legal name change. (Not marriage)

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A friend has been estranged from his father since he was 8 and would like to legally change his last name to his mom's maiden name before he gets married/has kids.  Has anyone done this?  If so, is it difficult?  How much did it cost?  How long does it take?  Thanks!

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Re: NBR: Has anyone done a legal name change. (Not marriage)

  • luluAXAluluAXA
    My husband had his name legally changed before we got married.  I don't recall it being hard at all or expensive.  You/he can do some googling to find out more.  It was that easy.
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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    He's an adult so it should be pretty easy.  Just some paperwork and he might have to appear in front of a judge.

    He should be able to find everything on his county's webpage.  It shouldn't take long, either.  Once he files the paperwork, probably only be a couple weeks.  I was amazed how fast our adoption went once we filed papers and we had all sorts of stupid legal loops to jump through.

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    A friend has been estranged from his father since he was 8 and would like to legally change his last name to his mom's maiden name before he gets married/has kids.  Has anyone done this?  If so, is it difficult?  How much did it cost?  How long does it take?  Thanks!

    He should just change it to his wife's name whenever he gets married Wink

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  • mcgeemcgee member
    No clue about the cost in Texas. In Arkansas, where I had it done, it simply involved filling out a form, paying a $100 filing fee and appearing briefly before a judge. No big deal.
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    A friend has been estranged from his father since he was 8 and would like to legally change his last name to his mom's maiden name before he gets married/has kids.  Has anyone done this?  If so, is it difficult?  How much did it cost?  How long does it take?  Thanks!

    He should just change it to his wife's name whenever he gets married Wink

      Hehe!  Small problem with that.  She did not take her maiden name back after her divorce so they would have her ex-husband's last name.  Blah!
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    A friend has been estranged from his father since he was 8 and would like to legally change his last name to his mom's maiden name before he gets married/has kids.  Has anyone done this?  If so, is it difficult?  How much did it cost?  How long does it take?  Thanks!

    He should just change it to his wife's name whenever he gets married Wink

      Hehe!  Small problem with that.  She did not take her maiden name back after her divorce so they would have her ex-husband's last name.  Blah!

    Ya, that wouldn't be good.

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  • Tiffany5412Tiffany5412

    This free website was set up for brides but it is helpful regardless of the reason you're changing your name.  Has all of the forms that you need to submit to the credit card companies, utilities, etc to change your name. Had forms for stuff that I hadn't even thought of.

     

    https://www.angelfire.com/ma/dnsassoc/

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