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Georgia _________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ r about the enclosed Notice, please feel free to contact me at the address or phone number listed below. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Best regards, _______________________ ______________e to me in the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope. Please send an invoice for the cost of publication to me at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions or comments about my request onge of Name" in the abovereferenced case. Please run this Notice once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks. After publication has been completed, please send a Certificate of Publication of the Notic___________________ Newspaper __________________________ __________________________ Dear Sir or Madam: Re: __________________, Case number: _________ Enclosed you will find a "Notice of Hearing on Cha_______________________be changed to __________________________________________________________ __________________________ Superior Court Judge LETTER TO NEWSPAPER DATE: ____________________ _______applicant's date of birth was _________________, and the place of birth is ________________________________________________________________ City County State Therefore, it is ORDERED the name of ____f the petition. The Court further finds that reasonable and proper cause exists for changing the name. The Court finds that the applicant's complete name of at birth was ____________________________, e Court finds that proper notice of the petition and hearing date was given by weekly publication in the official legal organ of this county for four consecutive weeks within 7 days after the filing or of Change of Name of _________________________ Civil Action File No. ________________ ORDER - CHANGE OF NAME OF ADULT On _________________, a petition for change of name was heard by this Court. Thr weeks in its entirety. Costs are to be paid by applicant and an Affidavit of Publication is to be furnished to applicant. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF _____________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA In the matted or Printed Name ______________________________ Address ______________________________ City State Zip Note to Publisher: The above legal notice including the caption is to be published weekly for foues may file an objection to the Petition or may appear at the hearing on the Petition in the above-named court. ______________________________ Applicant's Signature ______________________________ TypeCourt of _____________________ County, Georgia requesting the change of name of _______________________ to __________________________________________________. Any interested persons or affected parti ON CHANGE OF NAME Applicant hereby gives notice to all interested persons that on ________________, _________, the applicant has filed a Petition for Change of Name (the "Petition") in the Superior mmission expires: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF _____________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA In the matter of Change of Name of _________________________ Civil Action File No. ________________ NOTICE OF HEARINGorney Registration No. ________________________ Sworn and subscribed before me: This ______________day of ____________________, _________ __________________________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC My co_______________________ __________________________ City State Zip City State Zip __________________________ __________________________ Telephone No. (with area code) Telephone No. (with area code) Attlicant Applicant's Signature __________________________ __________________________ Typed or Printed Name Typed or Printed Name __________________________ __________________________ Address Address ___k for four consecutive weeks in the official legal organ of this county at least thirty days before the hearing on this petition. __________________________ __________________________ Attorney for App_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________. The applicant states that the applicant will cause notice of the petition to be published once a wee____________ for the following reason: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________a bona fide resident of ________________County, Georgia, for at least one year prior to the filing of this petition. The applicant requests a change of name from ___________________ to _______________E OF GEORGIA In the matter of Change of Name of _________________________ Civil Action File No. ________________ PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF ADULT The applicant states that the applicant has been (General) 1. 2. 3. 4. Petition for Change of Name of Adult Notice of Hearing on Change of Name Order ­ Change of Name of Adult Letter to Newspaper IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF _____________ COUNTY STATrecords, etc. [_] Utility Companies (phone, cable, gas, electric, internet, etc.) [_] Clubs or Memberships [_] Frequent-flyer cards [_] Legal Contracts and Wills APPENDIX B Georgia Name Change Forms companies [_] Bank Accounts (checking accounts, savings accounts, etc.) [_] Voter Registration [_] Insurance (life, health, automobile, home or rental insurance, etc.) [_] Doctors, dentists, medical name on your passport. You may also wish to change your name with some or all of the following entities: [_] U.S. Post Office [_] Employer [_] 401K / IRAs / Keoghs / retirement plans [_] Credit Cardow to find a social security administration office near you. United States Department of State http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms_overview.html This link provides information on how to change yourfices search page: http://s00dace.ssa.gov/pro/fol/fol-home.html Document: www.ssa.gov/replace_sscard.html These links provide information on how to change your name on your social security card, and h/registration/nameaddchg.asp These links provide information on how to change your name on your driver's license and car registration in the state of Georgia. Social Security Administration Georgia Of you should contact the equivalent agency in the state in which you were born. Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety http://www.dmvs.ga.gov/drivers/nameAddchange.asp; http://www.dmvs.ga.gov/motoria, you may obtain a copy of your original birth certificate, or amend your existing birth certificate, through the Georgia Division of Public Health. If you were born outside of the state of Georgia, LUCK! Instructions-Name Change Kit 7 APPENDIX A Relevant Agencies Georgia Division of Public Health http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/birth.asp If you were born in the state of Georgr 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 Appendix A. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOODf this order, which will cost between $5 and $10 per copy. Step 10. Changing your Personal Documents. After you have received your certified order, you may amend your personal documents to reflect yourd your case or reviewed your documents, it will certify the order changing your name. This is the final official step of the name change process. Contact your local court to obtain a certified copy oe notice of your name change to any organization or person specifically ordered by the court. Step 9. Getting your Certificate of Change of Name. Approximately one or two weeks after the court has heaService, the Selective Service System, a former spouse, the Bankruptcy Court, or any Instructions-Name Change Kit 6 other party that the court considers appropriate. In any event, be sure to provid. In connection with your petition, the judge may require that you notify additional specific parties of your name change request. This may include such entities as the Immigration and Naturalization nge to other parties, as explained in Step 8. The judge will probably sign the document at this time and grant your name change. C. FINISHING UP. Step 8. Notify Additional Entities of Your Name Changeing 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 addition, he may order you to provide notice of your name cha 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 will guide you through any proceedings that do happen. If a hearertificate with you to your hearing. Information about obtaining a copy of your birth certificate is available in Appendix A. When you arrive in the courtroom, give your file to the clerk and wait for, the Orders (if the clerk did not take those from you at the time of filing) any other items that you think might be needed. Note that some jurisdictions require that you bring a copy of your birth c sign the order granting your name change. If there is a hearing, be sure that you know where the courtroom is and be certain to bring all relevant papers with you, including the file-stamped Petitiono the court of the publication of the notice of your filing, if there is no objection filed to your petition, the court may elect not to set a date for any hearing. In such cases, the court may simplyermine if a hearing will be held on your name change request and, if so, to confirm the date and time of that hearing. Upon the expiration of 30 days from the filing of the petition, and after proof tof of Publication and/or Entry Approving Publication with you to your hearing. B. GOING TO COURT. Step 7. Appear in Court. Before the date that you have scheduled, you should contact your court to detal court and determine whether they wish you to mail the proof of publication, or to bring it with you to the hearing. If you do not mail these documents directly to the court, you must bring this Protry Approving Publication, or equivalent documents. Although this should be part of your newspaper's standard procedure, you should confirm that you will be receiving these documents. Contact your loc is a letter that you can use to accompany your Notice of Hearing, explaining what you are requesting. After your publication run is complete, the newspaper will send you a Proof of Publication, an En, must include the date on which your petition was filed, and must indicate the right of any Instructions-Name Change Kit 5 interested parties to participate in your hearing. Included in Appendix Bpublication of a notice of your filing. The notice must be published at least once a week for four weeks before the date of the hearing on your petition. In addition, your notice must be signed by youme courts have arrangements with local newspapers, and they will be able to send the Notice directly to that newspaper on your behalf. Within seven days of the filing of your petition, you must begin r intended name change in the official legal organ of the county in which you live. If you are unsure about what paper is appropriate, you should consult the clerk of your local court. In addition, sohere possible, the signed judgment. Don't forget to include your payment with your forms. Step 6. Publish Notice of Hearing on Name Change. The State of Georgia requires you to publish a notice of you 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 return both a file-stamped copy of the forms and, wtate that, if a hearing is needed, the letter serves as a request to schedule that hearing. Additionally, you should ask that if the judgment can be signed without a hearing, that the clerk return thenge 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 and that the judge execute the judgments. You should also sg to the courthouse so you will know what forms of payment will be accepted. Mail ­ If you decide to mail your forms, you should include a cover letter that explains that you are requesting a name chacourts require either cash, money order, or certified check payments only: personal checks and credit cards will not be accepted in these jurisdictions. You should contact your local court before goin you will need to file the documents, or can ask at the courthouse. You will be required to pay the filing fee at the time you bring in your documents, which will be about $80. Note that many Georgia r name, it will not be official until you have completed your publication requirements and the judge has signed your order, as discussed below. You can contact your court in advance to determine where in which you are filing. In any event, you should listen carefully to the clerk's instructions and follow them precisely. NOTE: Even though you have completed the filing of your request to change youu for this purpose. She may instruct you to bring the order with you to a court hearing, at which time the judge would complete and sign it. She may provide additional directions specific to the court file your Order ­ Change of Name Change at this time as well. She may take this document, have it signed by a judge and mail it back to you - you should have a self-addressed stamped envelope with yog a Petition for a Name Change. The clerk will then take your original documents, and return to you a file-stamped copy for your records. Instructions-Name Change Kit 4 Ask the clerk if you need tothe documents you are filing. In Person ­ 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 filine the forms in person, or you may mail in 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 ildings. You may contact your local court for more information, or locate a nearby notary public in your local phone book. Step 5. File the signed Petition and Order with your local court. You can filotarized Petition." It is only after you have completed this step that you may file your petition. In many areas, there are notaries located in courthouses, or available in close proximity to those bucompleted your documents, you must bring your Petition to a Notary Public and sign it in his/her presence. Once you have done this, your petition becomes what is known as a "Verified Petition" or a "NTHE ORDER. Leave the spaces below this section blank, as this is where the judge will sign and date the Order granting your name change. Step 4. Sign the Petition in front of a Notary. After you have me of/ Changed to." In the first blank, again write your complete current name. In the second blank, provide your complete proposed name, that is, the name that you wish to adopt. DO NOT SIGN OR DATE plete current name. "Date of birth was/place of birth was." In the first blank, provide the date of your birth, and in the second group of blanks, provide the city, county and state of your birth. "Nathe instructions provided above. "On____." This item will be completed by the court, and simply notes the date, time and place of your hearing. "Name at birth was." After these words, provide your comx B Heading Box. This is the same Heading Box as in the Petition for Change of Name. Provide the same information in the same spaces as you did on your Petition. If you become confused, refer back to signed by the court to complete your name change. Note that until this order is signed, your name remains as it was before and you must continue to use that name officially. Georgia State: See Appendithe spaces provided. You must also again provide your address, including the city, state and zip code. Instructions-Name Change Kit 3 [_] Order ­ Change of Name. This form is an order that will be In the second blank, after the word "To," you should insert your proposed name, that is, the name that you wish to adopt. Signature. You must again print your current name, and then sign the form in e the name of the county in which you reside and in which you have filed your Petition. "Change of name of/To." In the first blank, after the words "Name of," you should insert your full current name.hich you filed your petition. If you mailed your petition to the court, and used a return receipt, provide the date on which the court received your petition. "Superior Court of." In the blank, providion in the same spaces as you did on your Petition. If you become confused, refer back to the instructions provided above. "Persons that on." In the blanks following these words, provide the date on wocal court clerk for the name of this publication in your area. Georgia State: See Appendix B Heading Box. This is the same Heading Box as in the Petition for Change of Name. Provide the same informat Change. This Notice must be provided to the legal organ of the county in which you reside within 7 days of the filing of your petition, and must run once weekly for four consecutive weeks. Ask your lyour address and phone number in the other blanks. DO NOT SIGN THE PETITION AT THIS TIME. Additional information about signing your petition may be found in Step 5 below. [_] Notice of Hearing on Nameill print his or her name and sign the document in the space provided. If you do not have an attorney, you may skip this item. Signature for Applicant. You must again print your current name. Include you will complete your publication requirements (described in greater detail in Step 6 below) as required by Georgia law. Signature for Attorney. If you are represented by an attorney, your attorney w that your reasons are inadequate: the courts do tend to accept most reasons for a name change. The next paragraph requires no action on your part, but in signing this document you are affirming that a birth name, reversion to an ancestral name or embracing of a name more suited to their personality. You should provide true and complete information about your request in this section. Do not worry reason." This section asks you to provide information about why you wish to change your name. Some examples of why people have changed Instructions-Name Change Kit 2 their names are reclamation oford "To," 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. "For the following your official 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. After the wless those 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 onblank here, provide the name of the county in which you reside and in which you are filing this petition. "From/To." After the word "From," write your complete current name. Do not use any initials uning. You can fill in this blank at that time. "In re Change of Name of" In the first blank, after the words "Petition of," you should insert your full current name. "Bona fide resident of." After the ttp://www.gsccca.org/clerks/ Do not be concerned with the "File Number" blank on the right side of the page. This is a number that will be assigned to your request by the clerk at the time of your filnty. For additional information about Georgia superior courts and superior court clerks, you may look in your local telephone directory or on the Internet at http://www.ganet.org/index/local.cgi and h forms. Every form has a space for the county in which you reside and in which you are filing your name change request, which will already be completed if you are filling out a form for a specific cout to change your name. Georgia State: See Appendix B Heading /County Information. This is the text at the top of the page. You will be required to include similar information at the top of each of thed. You should check with your local superior court to determine whether they will accept documents completed by hand. [_]Petition for Change of Name of Adult. This is your official request to the courblack ink and print as legibly and as neatly as possible. The court may reject forms that are difficult to read or may input the information incorrectly, causing your petition to be delayed or rejecteg confused or overlooking one of the forms, check them off as you complete them. You may complete the forms manually by typewriter or by hand. If you are filling out the forms by hand, you should use bout the signing of your papers. Note, that at no point will you sign the Order that is provided Instructions-Name Change Kit 1 herein: the judge is going to sign that document. To keep from gettinorms. You must complete the Petition for Change of Name, Notice of Hearing on Name Change, and the Order on Change of Name. DO NOT SIGN ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS. Step 5 provides additional information ases listed at the following websites: Superior Courts (list of counties): http://www.ganet.org/index/local.cgi Superior Courts (list of clerks): http://www.gsccca.org/clerks/ Step 3: Filling Out the F may have specific to your situation. To contact the superior court clerk in your county, you may locate its address and telephone number in your local telephone directory. You may also use the addresed to file; (2) the filing fees for a name change in your county; (3) if there are any additional, non-standard forms needed for the county in which you live; and (4) any additional questions that you court clerk to obtain additional details about your filing. Specifically, you will need to request information about the following: (1) the number of copies of the completed forms that you are requir you may wish to contact an attorney for additional assistance. Step 2: Contact your Court's Clerk. Given the extreme rule variations between local courts, you will need to contact your local superior either the law library of your local court, or on the Internet at the following link: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=19-12-1 If you find this law difficult or confusing,equest. You should also review Georgia name change law before beginning this process. The relevant law may be found at Sections 19-12-1 to 19-12-4 of the Georgia Code. You can locate these sections inbegin completing 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 rING THE FORMS Step 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 these materials. An attorney should be consulted for all serious legal matters. Information-Name Change Kit 5 INSTRUCTIONS Georgia Petition for Change of Name -- Adult A. 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The purchase and use of trejected. Information-Name Change Kit 4 The forms linked below may be modified by the State of Georgia or its local courts from time to time, so you should check with your local clerk to ensure thank and print as 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 ange of Name of Adult; Notice of Hearing on Name Change; Order ­ Change of Name of Adult; and Letter to Newspaper If you are filling out the forms manually and are not using a typewriter, use black i for fraudulent, illegal or other improper purposes. Materials This packet contains: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Information for the Name Change Packet; Instructions for the Name Change Packet; Petition for Chon behalf of someone else; Are changing your name to avoid domestic violence or stalking; Are currently imprisoned or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections; or Are changing your namedent of the state of Georgia; and A resident of the county where you will file your petition. You may not use this packet if you: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Are under the age of 18; Are requesting a name change 4 weeks prior to any hearing on your petition. In total, the entire process will probably take between 2 and 3 months. Requirements To use this packet you must be: 1. 2. 3. Over the age of 18; A resitake to complete the name change process. You are required to publish notices of your name change in a local newspaper within 7 days of filing your petition, and that publication must run for at leastchange. 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 it will formation-Name Change Kit 3 No. You must contact the appropriate agencies, and inform them of your name change. You may show them the Certificate of Name Change issued by the court as proof of that 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 security card/credit cards change automatically? Inhange, 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 granting your request, you should continue to useaken 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 information. After I have filed my request for a name c still change my name? If you have been convicted of a violent felony offense, or certain other felonies, and are currently incarcerated or on parole, there may be certain special steps that must be tn 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 attached here. If I was convicted of a crime, can Ineed 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. You may not use this package to file a family petitiothrough 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. If you wish to change your child's name, you will y 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 identification cards. If you did not select change your name back to your maiden name only if this is specified in your divorce decree. If this election has been made in your decree, that decree is the equivalent of a name change order. It will be recognized bu wish to use after your marriage. You may, however, use this package to change your name at this time. If I just got divorced, do I need to file for a name change? Your name will automatically changee 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 reflect the name yo 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 to change your name request? Information-Name Change Kit 2 Under Georgia law, a person may change his name on his marriage certificate, if he has properly filled out the information requested on that certificate. Ifal problem (e.g. you did not complete your publication requirement), you can simply fix the problem and ask the court to schedule another hearing. If I just got married, do I need to file a name changugh 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 first time. If there was simply a proceduru 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, you will have to wait until there is enome 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 denied; the judge may explain this to yontent of any such objection, may also have an impact on the final determination of your name change request. What can I do if my name change request is denied? While it is true that in most cases a na ensure that the public is aware of your request and may bring any objections to the court's attention. Whether or not any individual brings an objection into court, and the court's reaction to the coto defraud creditors or planning the commission of a crime. In addition, as previously noted, you are required to publish notice of your name change in your local newspaper. This action is designed toticular case. However, in most cases, the court will grant a name change request, as long as it is not being pursued for an improper purpose. An improper purpose could, for example, include intending name. These added costs will vary from person to person. Is the court going to grant my name change request? Obviously, there is no guarantee that the court will take any particular action in any pares of your birth certificate for submission to the court. Other entities, including the DMV and the Social Security Administration, may charge for reissued identification cards imprinted with your newnty to county. There may be additional costs not mentioned above requiring payment, both before and after you receive your name change. You will need to pay a fee if you wish to obtain additional copiorder granting your name change, which you may need to show to agencies or companies as proof of the finality of your name change, will probably cost between $5 and $10, though costs may vary from cou weeks. Depending on the prices demanded by that newspaper, the cost for publishing a notice of your name change may be as much as $150, but will probably run about $50. Certified copies of the final id in order to complete your request, including publication of a notice of your name change in the official legal Information-Name Change Kit 1 organ of your county once a week for four consecutivethe state of Georgia, it costs about $80 dollars to change your name with the court, though the amount of this fee varies from county to county. There are a number of other fees that may need to be part of your name change request. 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 mpleted them. That way, you can confirm with the filing clerk that your request is complete and properly filed. In addition, your local superior court may require that you appear at a hearing in suppol I have to make a court appearance 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 coded in this package. Note that to be a resident of the county in which you are filing in Georgia, you must have lived in that county for at least 1 year. Can I complete all of my forms at home, or wilions 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 Georgia to use the forms proviarded 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 questfficial request of the superior 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 awtion, instructions and forms that will allow you to obtain a name change in Georgia by petitioning the Court. Petitioning the Court means that you, as resident of the state of Georgia, 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 Georgia. This packet provides informaFindLegalForms.com Georgia Name Change Kit ©FindLegalForms, Inc. 2005 INFORMATION Georgia Petition for Change of Name -- Adult Overview People change their name for many different reasons, including Georgia