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Florida equent-flyer cards [_] Legal Contracts and Wills fe, health, automobile, home or rental insurance, etc.) [_] Doctors, dentists, medical records, etc. [_] Utility Companies (phone, cable, gas, electric, internet, etc.) [_] Clubs or Memberships [_] FrS. Post Office [_] Employer [_] 401K / IRAs / Keoghs / retirement plans [_] Credit Card companies [_] Bank Accounts (checking accounts, savings accounts, etc.) [_] Voter Registration [_] Insurance (lite.gov/passport/forms_overview.html This link provides information on how to change your name on your passport. You may also wish to change your name with some or all of the following entities: [_] U.links provide information on how to change your name on your social security card, and how to find a social security administration office near you. United States Department of State http://travel.starson appearance at a driver's license office. Social Security Administration Florida Offices search page: http://s00dace.ssa.gov/pro/fol/fol-home.html Document: www.ssa.gov/replace_sscard.html These rried.html This link provides information on how to change your name on your driver's license and car registration in the state of Florida. Note that obtaining a corrected license may require an in-peutside of the state of Florida, you should contact the equivalent agency in the state in which you were born. Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/dhsmv/ma you were born in the state of Florida, you may obtain a copy of your original birth certificate, or amend your existing birth certificate, through the Florida Department of Health. If you were born ox A. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK! Instructions-Name Change Kit 9 APPENDIX A Relevant Agencies Florida Department of Health http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/index.html Ifsonal documents to reflect your name change. This may take some time, so be patient! A list of agencies that you may wish to contact, and contact information for those entities, is included in Appendirt to obtain a certified copy of this order, which will probably cost about $5 per copy. Step 10. Changing your Personal Documents. After you have received your certified order, you may amend your perximately one or two weeks after the court has received your affidavit, it will certify your Judgment for Name Change. This is the final official step of the name change process. Contact your local couhe court considers appropriate. In any event, be sure to provide notice of your name change to any organization or person specifically ordered by the court. Step 9. Getting your Certified Order. Approf your name change request. This may include such entities as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Selective Service System, a former spouse, the Bankruptcy Court, or any other party that tns-Name Change Kit 8 C. FINISHING UP. Step 8. Notify Additional Entities of Your Name Change. In connection with your application, the judge may require that you notify additional specific parties oddition, he may order you to provide notice of your name change to other parties, as explained in Step 8. The judge will probably sign the document at this time and grant your name change. Instructio guide you through any proceedings that do happen. If a hearing is held, and the order wasn't previously signed, the judge will probably sign the document at that time and grant your name change. In ae in the courtroom, give your file to the clerk and wait for your case to be called. At the hearing, make note of and comply with all instructions given by the judge. Don't be nervous ­ the judge willrelevant papers with you, including the file-stamped Petition, the Judgment (if the clerk did not take it from you at the time of filing) any other items that you think might be needed. When you arrivring will be held on your name change request and, if so, to confirm the date and time of that hearing. If there is a hearing, be sure that you know where the courtroom is and be certain to bring all your filing to schedule this date, or you may call at a later time. Step 7. Appear in Court (As Necessary). Before the date that you have scheduled, you should contact your court to determine if a heant required. Step 6. Schedule Your Court Date. After you have filed your documents, you must schedule a hearing date at which the court will review your petition. You may ask the clerk at the time of turn both a file-stamped copy of the forms and, where possible, the signed order. Do not forget to include the filing fee with your documents ­ you should contact the court to determine the exact amougned without a hearing, that the clerk return the executed order to you in one of the envelopes provided. Include two self-addressed and stamped envelopes with your documents, so that the clerk can re that the judge execute the order. You should also state that, if a hearing is needed, the letter serves as a request to schedule that hearing. Additionally, you should ask that if the order can be si letter that explains that you are requesting a name change and that includes a list of all of the forms that you are submitting. Your letter should request that the court file the necessary forms andsk at the courthouse. You will be required to pay the filing fee at the time you bring in your documents, which will be around $255. Mail ­ If you decide to mail your forms, you should include a coverme Change Kit 7 order and you have completed your publication requirements, as discussed below. You can contact your court in advance to determine where you will need to file the documents, or can a's instructions and follow them precisely. NOTE: Even though you have completed the filing of your request to change your name, it will not be official until the judge has signed your Instructions-Nahearing, at which time the judge would complete and sign it. She may provide additional directions specific to the court in which you are filing. In any event, you should listen carefully to the clerk document, have it signed by a judge and mail it back to you - you should have a self-addressed stamped envelope with you for this purpose. She may instruct you to bring the order with you to a court rk will then take your original documents, and return to you a file-stamped copy for your records. Ask the clerk if you need to file your Final Judgment for Name Change at this time. She may take this ­ You should bring in the original copies of your completed forms, as well as at least three copies of those documents. Tell the filing clerk that you are filing a Petition for a Name Change. The clein your completed documents. It is usually a better idea to go into court, as the process tends to be faster and you are likely to find out about any defects in the documents you are filing. In Personr locate a nearby notary public in your local phone book. B. GOING TO COURT. Step 5. File the signed and notarized Petition with your circuit court. You can file the forms in person, or you may mail ition." DO NOT SIGN THE JUDGMENT. In many areas, there are notaries located in courthouses, or available in close proximity to those buildings. You may contact your local court for more information, oeted your documents, you must bring them to a Notary Public and sign them in his/her presence. Once you have done this, your petition becomes what is known as a "Verified Petition" or a "Notarized Petthe clerk of your court will complete this for you. You should confirm with your local clerk that this is being taken care of. Step 4. Sign the Petition in front of Notary Public. After you have complname change. NOTE: Florida does require that a civil cover sheet be included with each Name Change Petition that is filed. However, if you are filing for a name change without the aid of an attorney, oposed complete name. Instructions-Name Change Kit 6 DO NOT SIGN OR DATE THE ORDER. Leave the spaces below this section blank, as this is where the judge will sign and date the Order granting your the name of the county in which you reside. "Present name, __________ is changed to _________________." In the first blank here, insert your current complete name. In the second blank, insert your pr for your hearing on the Petition. You will not be able to complete this blank without consulting with the clerk of your court, as explained in Step 6 below. "Bona fide resident of __________." Inserted, refer back to the instructions provided above. "Name Change Of_____." This is the space in which you are to insert your current full name. "[date] _______." Insert the date that you have scheduledhe document. Heading Box. This is the same Heading Box as on the Petition for Change of Name of Adult. Provide the same information in the same spaces as you did on your Petition. If you become confusECHG/BREVARDCTY.pdf "Case No ______." You will not be able to fill out this number. The court will assign your petition a case number at a later time, and at that point you can complete this part of tml; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/FLSTATE.pdf Brevard County: http://www.brevardclerk.us/index.cfm?FuseAction=FamilyForms.IndividualList ; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMthat until this judgment is signed, your name remains as it was before and you must continue to use that name officially. Florida State: http://www.flcourts.org/gen_public/family/forms_rules/index.shtress, and explain that they assisted you in completing your form [_] Final Judgment for Change of Name. This "Judgment" is an order that will be signed by the court to complete your name change. Note ent. If someone helped you to complete your petition, and that person was a nonlawyer, you must have that person complete the section at the bottom of the document. They must insert their name and addit 5 Sign each blank line that precedes the word "Plaintiff," ­ but only after you have read Step 4 below - and write your name, address and phone number below that signature line. Non-Lawyer Statemully restored at this time. If you are not sure about some or all of these items, you should review the law on the subject or contact an attorney for assistance. Signature. Instructions-Name Change Kchanging of your name, and affirm that your name change will not invade anyone else's property rights; and (2) state that your civil rights have never been suspended, or if they were, they have been fleting this form you are asserting under penalty of law that they are true statements for you. You therefore must (1) be filing your petition for a legal purpose and with no ulterior purpose than the of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottom of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Items 15 and 16. These items require no action on your part, but in compt, case number and payment of that judgment. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list and complete the information requested. If you are attaching an additional piece ests information about any money judgments that have ever been entered against you by a creditor. If there are any such entered judgments, you must list the date, amount, creditor name, governing couruested. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottom of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 14. This item requ the date or dates on which you were so adjudicated, and the location in which this occurred. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list and complete the information reqsection so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 13. This item requests information about whether or not you have ever been adjudicated bankrupt. If you have, you must listy, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list and complete the information requested. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottom of the now to review that information as well. Item 12. Item 12 asks you to reveal whether you have ever been convicted of a felony and, if so, the dates and locations of your felony convictions. If necessarof paper to continue your list and complete the information requested. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottom of the section so that the court will kd, including any universities, colleges, graduate schools or professional schools, the dates of your attendance and the degrees that you received from each. If necessary, you may attach another sheet he bottom of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 11. Instructions-Name Change Kit 4 Provide a list of the educational institutions that you have attendetion. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list and complete the information requested. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at tssion, that is, whether your occupation is one, such as law, medicine or engineering, that requires substantial training and/or study to practice. If the answer is yes, you should select the second opion. If the answer is yes, you should select the second option, and provide the requested additional information about your business. Item 10. This item asks whether or not you are involved in a profem of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 9. Item 9 asks whether or not you own and operate a business. If the answer is no, you should select the first opte dates at which you worked at each. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottocription of your occupation, and the company and address at which you are employed. You must also list each job you have had in the past 5 years, including the name and address of your employer and thwill need to provide a list of any other names that you were known by or called, and the general situation or location in which you were known by such name. Item 8. This item asks you to provide a despreviously. If you have never been known by or called by any other name, you should select the fourth option. If you have been known or called by any other name, you should select the fifth item. You e. If your name was changed by marriage, you should select the third option. If you have selected this third option, you must attach a copy of the marriage certificate that served to change your name your name was changed by a court order, you should select the second option. If you have selected this second option, you must attach a copy of the court order that granted you your earlier name changms apply to you, select all that apply and provide the explanations requested. Instructions-Name Change Kit 3 If your name has never been changed by a court, you should select the first option. If ut any former names that you may have had. You will need to select EACH option that applies to you. If this is only one item, you will only need to select one option. However, if a number of these iteattaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at the bottom of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 7. This item requests information abocate whether or not you have children; if the answer is yes, list the names, ages and addresses of your children. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list. If you are bottom of the section so that the court will know to review that information as well. Item 6. Indicate whether or not you are married, and if you are, provide your spouse's full legal name. Also indich and the dates at which you lived there. If necessary, you may attach another sheet of paper to continue your list. If you are attaching an additional piece of paper, be sure to check the box at theher's full legal name, your mother's full legal name and your mother's maiden name in the spaces provided. Item 5. List each place that you have lived since you were born, including the address for eathe county in which you reside, as well as your current address. Item 3. Provide the date of your birth, as well as the city, county, state and country in which you were born. Item 4. Provide your fat provide your proposed name, that is, the name that you wish to adopt. Insert the complete name that you wish to have and check to make sure that it is legible and correct. Item 2. Insert the name of icial documents), then write "a.k.a." ("also know as"), followed by any other names that you use. Even if you have already been using your proposed name, write your old name here. In the second space,e initials appear on your birth certificate, and would not be considered a nickname or abbreviation. If you go by more than one name, list your official present name (the name that appears on your offyou must again insert your current full name. Item 1. In the first space, where the document requests your current full name, write your complete current name here. Do not use any initials unless thoss at that time. "In Re: The Name Change of." In this blank, after the words "Change of," you should insert your full current name. Preamble. Instructions-Name Change Kit 2 This is a blank in which ght side of the page. The case number will be assigned to your request by the clerk at the time of your filing, and the clerk will inform you of your Division name or number. You can fill in the blank courts and circuit court clerks, you may look in your local telephone directory or on the Internet at http://www.flcourts.org/. Do not be concerned with the "Case No." and "Division" blanks on the rirm, you must complete all of this information yourself. If you are using a form for a specific county, this information is already printed on the form. For additional information about Florida circuitfor the number of the judicial circuit in which you are filing as well as the name of the county in which you reside and in which you are filing your name change request. If you are using a general foHeading Box/County and Circuit Information. This is the box of text at the top of the page. You will be required to include similar information at the top of each of the forms. Every form has a space ested by each; it should be fairly simple to determine what information goes where. Where there is a significant difference between the forms, additional information will be provided in this package. in a specific county then the numbering of these instructions may be slightly different from those on your document. However, the forms are very similar and substantially the same information is requhe instructions below provide step-by-step directions for completing the general Florida State Name Change Petition and Judgment. If you decide to use a form included with this package that is for useorms.com/public/NAMECHG/FLSTATE.pdf Brevard County: http://www.brevardclerk.us/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=19 5; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/BREVARDCTY.pdf NOTE: Tand. [_] Name Change Petition. This is your official request to the court to change your name. Florida State: http://www.flcourts.org/gen_public/family/forms_rules/index.shtml or http://www.findlegalf may input the information incorrectly, causing your application to be delayed or rejected. You should check with your local county court to determine whether they will accept documents completed by hed by typewriter or by hand. If you are filling out the forms by hand, you should use black ink and print as legibly and as neatly as possible. The court may reject forms that are difficult to read orrisdiction. DO NOT SIGN ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS. Step 6 will provide additional information about the signing your papers. Instructions-Name Change Kit 1 These Adobe Acrobat PDF forms may be completlcourts.org/courts/circuit/circuit.shtml Step 3: Filling Out the Forms. You must complete the Name Change Petition and the Final Judgment of Change of Name. Additional forms may be required by your juss and telephone number in your local telephone directory. You may also use the links listed at the following website: By county: http://www.flclerks.com/Clerk_webs.htm By circuit number: http://www.forms needed for the county in which you live; and (4) any additional questions that you may have specific to your situation. To contact the circuit court clerk in your county, you may locate its addrebout the following: (1) the number of copies of the completed forms that you are required to file; (2) the filing fees for a name change in your county; (3) if there are any additional, non-standard ftreme rule variations between local courts, you will need to contact your local circuit court clerk to obtain additional details about your filing. Specifically, you will need to request information aorg/gen_public/family/self_help/index.shtml If you find this law difficult or confusing, you may wish to contact an attorney for additional assistance. Step 2: Contact your Court's Clerk. Given the ex7#0068.07 In addition, the Florida supreme court has approved certain general information for selfrepresented litigants in its court system. It may be found at the following link: http://www.flcourts.f your local court, or on the Internet at the following link: http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String =&URL=Ch0068/SEC07.HTM&Title=->2004->Ch0068->Section%200uld also review Florida name change law before beginning this process. The relevant law may be found at section 68.07 of the Florida Statutes. You can locate these sections in either the law library og any of the documents. The forms included in this package are not complicated, but any inadvertent mistakes or omissions may delay your case, and could cause the court to reject your request. You shoStep 1: Read the Instructions Carefully. You should read this package of instructions and information, as well as the instructions contained in the official forms, carefully before you begin completins. An attorney should be consulted for all serious legal matters. Information-Name Change Kit 5 INSTRUCTIONS Florida Petition for Change of Name -- Adult A. GETTING STARTED ­ COMPLETING THE FORMS ness interruption), however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of these materialidental, special, exemplary or consequential Information-Name Change Kit 4 damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services, loss of use, data, or profits or busials for your particular needs. The materials are used at your own risk. In no event will FindLegalForms, Inc., its agents, partners or affiliates be responsible or liable for any direct, indirect, incd Terms of Use" found at findlegalforms.com. These materials are provided "AS-IS." We do not give any express or implied warranties of merchantability, suitability or completeness of any of the materiimer No Attorney-Client relationship is created by use of these materials. FindLegalForms, Inc. does not provide legal advice. The purchase and use of these materials is subject to the "Disclaimers anorms linked below may be modified by the State of Florida or its local courts from time to time, so you should check with your local clerk to ensure that the forms you are using are up to date. Discla legibly and neatly as possible. The court may reject forms that are difficult to read, or may input the information incorrectly; these mistakes may cause your request to be delayed or rejected. The f Name Change Petition; and Final Judgment of Change of Name. You should fill out the forms manually, either with a typewriter or by hand. If you are not using a typewriter, use black ink and print asAre changing your name for fraudulent, illegal or other improper purposes. Materials This packet contains: 1. 2. 3. 4. Information for the Name Change Packet; Instructions for the Name Change Packet;rida; and A resident of the county where you will file your petition. You may not use this packet if you: 1. 2. 3. Are under the age of 18; Are requesting a name change on behalf of someone else; or n total, the entire process could take between 3 and 4 months. Information-Name Change Kit 3 Requirements To use this packet you must be: 1. 2. 3. Over the age of 18; A resident of the state of Flot will take to complete the name change process. After you have completed and filed your forms, it may take two or three months before the court schedules a hearing or the judge has signed an order. If that change. A list of agencies that you may need to contact is attached as Appendix A. How long will it take before my name is officially changed? It is difficult to state with certainty how long irity card/credit cards change automatically? No. You must contact the appropriate agencies, and inform them of your name change. You may show them the certified Judgment issued by the court as proof oranting your request, you should continue to use your old name in any official capacity. After I have received the order granting my name change, will my driver's license/birth certificate/social secution. After I have filed my request for a name change, can I start using my new name? No. Your request for a name change is simply that: a request. Until the judge has signed and certified the order g, there are certain special steps that must be taken before a name change can take place. If this describes your situation, you may not use this package and should consult an attorney for more informaattached here. If I was convicted of a crime, can I still change my name? If you have been convicted of a violent felony offense, or certain other felonies, and are currently incarcerated or on paroleu may not use this package to file a family petition or to complete your child's name change; you must be 18 years of age or older and filling out the form for yourself alone to make use of the forms If you wish to change your child's name, you will need either to file a petition as a family to change the names of your entire family or to complete a separate name change request for that child. Yotion cards. If you did not select change your name through your divorce decree, you may use this package to change your name at this time. If I change my name, will my child's name change as well? No.ent of a name change order. It will be recognized by the DMV and the Social Security Administration as proof of your new name, and may be used by those entities to change your name on their identificaa name change? Your name will automatically change back to your maiden name only if you specified this in your divorce decree. If you have made this election in your decree, that decree is the equivalflect the name you wish to use after your marriage. You may, however, use this package to change your name at this time. Information-Name Change Kit 2 If I just got divorced, do I need to file for o change your name on other documents, including your driver's license and credit cards. If you did not select this option on your marriage license, you cannot later change your marriage license to ret certificate. If an individual has completed the marriage certificate to indicate that he wishes to change his name, that document provides a record of the name change. You may use this certificate tI just got married, do I need to file a name change request? Under Florida law, a person may change his name on his marriage certificate, if he has properly filled out the information requested on thast time. If there was simply a procedural problem (e.g., you did not sign your documents in front of a Notary Public), you can simply fix the problem and ask the court to schedule another hearing. If ou will have to wait until there is enough or different evidence to support it before you attempt to file again. You cannot simply resubmit your document with the same information that you did the firenied; the judge may explain this to you in court, or he may write it on the order that he enters denying your request. If the judge finds that there was not enough evidence to support your request, yhile it is true that in most cases a name change request will be granted, there is still a possibility that your request will be denied. If that is the case, be sure to find out why your request was d, if any individual brings an objection to your request into court, this may have an impact on the final determination of your name change request. What can I do if my name change request is denied? We request, as long as it is not being pursued for an improper purpose. An improper purpose could, for example, include intending to defraud creditors or planning the commission of a crime. In additiongoing to grant my name change request? Obviously, there is no guarantee that the court will take any particular action in any particular case. However, in most cases, the court will grant a name changs, including the DMV and the Social Security Administration, may charge for reissued identification cards imprinted with your new name. These added costs will vary from person to person. Is the court ing payment, both before and after you receive your name change. You will need to pay a fee if you wish to obtain additional copies of your birth certificate for submission to the court. Other entitie may need to be paid in order to complete your request. Certified copies of the final order granting your name change will cost about $10 each. There may be additional costs not mentioned above requirs about $255 dollars to change your name with the court, though the amount of this fee varies from county to county. Information-Name Change Kit 1 In addition, there are a number of other fees thatt. This requirement varies widely between courts, and you should contact your local clerk's office for additional information. How much does it cost to change my name? In the state of Florida, it costcan confirm with the filing clerk that your request is complete and properly filed. In addition, your local circuit court may require that you appear at a hearing in support of your name change requesearance to change my name? Though you are permitted to file your papers by mail, if at all possible you should file your forms in person at the courthouse after you have completed them. That way, you ed in this package. Note that to be a resident of a state, you must generally have lived in that state for at least 6 months. Can I complete all of my forms at home, or will I have to make a court appons that you may have about the name change process: Who can use the forms included in this package? You must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the state of Florida to use the forms providrded an official decree that you may then use to amend your personal documents to reflect your new name (e.g., birth certificate, passport, credit cards, etc.). Below are answers to some common questifficial request of the circuit court of the county in which you reside to change your name. If your local court approves your request for a name change, which they will most likely do, you will be awation, instructions and forms that will allow you to obtain a name change in Florida by petitioning the Court. Petitioning the Court means that you, as resident of the state of Florida, are making an omarriage, divorce, convenience, honoring an ancestral name or simply personal preference. There are a number of different ways to change your name in the state of Florida. This packet provides informaFindLegalForms.com Florida Name Change Kit ©FindLegalForms, Inc. 2006 INFORMATION Florida Petition for Change of Name -- Adult Overview People change their name for many different reasons, including Florida