Mine is coming up on the 26th. The judges office sent me a list of the questions to fill out ahead of time. Here are the questions in Hennepin county.
ADULT NAME CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE
Case Name:______________________________________________________________
Case Number: ____________________________________________________________
1. How is your name presently spelled? ___________________________________
2. How do you wish it to be spelled? _____________________________________
3. Are two witnesses present [date of hearing] for identification and what are their names? _________________________________________________________________
4. Have you resided in Minnesota for 6 months, and did you reside in Hennepin County at the time you filed these papers, and now? _____________________________
5. Have you ever, by marriage or legal hearing, changed your name before? ________________________________________________________________________
6. If you have a MN Drivers License, do you know it must be changed within 30 days from today's hearing, if the Court grants your request? _______________________
7. If you are married, does your spouse know you are changing your name? _______
8. Are you trying to hide any assets or other things of value by changing your name? ________________________________________________________________________
9. Do you have any debts or student loans, upon which you are making time payments? _________. If so, will you notify them of your name change? ____________
10. Are you changing your name to avoid any financial obligations or debts? ________________________________________________________________________
11. Do you own or have any interest in any real estate? ________________________________________________________________________
12. Are you under the jurisdiction, power, authority, or control of any court in MN or elsewhere? ______________________________________________________________
13. Are you involved in any lawsuits as either plaintiff or defendant? ________________________________________________________________________
14. Are you on probation, under guardianship, or do you have a conservator? ________________________________________________________________________
15. Have you ever been convicted of a felony crime? ________________________________________________________________________
16. Do you have any money judgments against you under your current name? ________________________________________________________________________
17. Have you been a party to a bankruptcy proceeding in the past 10 years? ________
Have you received a discharge?______________________________________________
18. Do you know anyone with the exact same name as you are asking for? ________________________________________________________________________
19. Briefly: Why are you changing your name? ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
20. What is your date of birth? ____/_____/____
21. What is your place of birth? ___________________________________________
